COVID-19: Lata Mangeshkar praises Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray, appeals people to stay home

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday in his televised address over the coronavirus situation in the state appealed people to stay home and said that he will review the lockdown situation after May 3. Praising his address, veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar said that the Maharashtra CM has been taking 'commendable' steps.

Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar took to her Twitter handle and wrote, "Hello. Today the Honorable Uddhav Thackeray, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, said about today's situation of Maharashtra and the steps which our government is taking is truly commendable. People of the Sarva Dharma should join our Chief Minister together. Praying again, stay safe at home." [sic]

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The Chief Minister said that India will win against the corona battle not through "medicine but with discipline and patience". "We will defeat corona even before the availability of a vaccine," he added.

Thackeray urged the Centre to send pulses and other essential grains to Maharashtra in view of the lockdown situation. Extending good wishes to people on the occasion of Ramzan, Akshay Tritiya and Bashweshwar Maharaj Jayanti, he appealed to people to stay indoors. "At this time, there is no need to go out to find God as you can see God in those who are serving the nation in these hard times such as doctors, police and sanitation workers," he said.

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Talking about the continued lockdown in Maharashtra, he said that the lockdown has been eased in several rural areas, jump-starting economic activities. He reaffirmed that the lockdown has been successful in our country rather than other countries, but said that this was a war of patience. He added that one must be alert for the next 5-6 months, ready for the second wave of the virus.

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"PM Modi will look after our country, but we have to take care of our state. Now it is a situation where we can see 80% are asymptomatic and 20% is divided into three - low, medium and high. Tomorrow I’m going to share my views with PM Modi tomorrow via Video Conference and am informing about our experiments done in Maharashtra," he said.

(With agency inputs)