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Error of judgement by the central govt has led to this: Prithviraj Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan, in an interview with Aditi Phadnis, talks about Maharashtra govt's handling of coronavirus outbreak and the challenges ahead for the state

Prithviraj Chavan. Photo: Wikipedia
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Prithviraj Chavan. Photo: Wikipedia

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Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan defends the state government, in which his party, the Congress, is a partner, on charges of laxity in handling the COVID-19 crisis. Excerpts from an interview with Aditi Phadnis
 
Maharashtra was one of the first states to see a spike in COVID-19 cases. The disease spread to other parts of India because the Maharashtra government was lax in its handling and did not take the pandemic seriously enough initially. Why was this?
 
It is not true that the Maharashtra government was lax about the coronavirus epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Corona as

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