Tej Pratap Yadav warns big-name Companies against abandoning Bihari workers amid Covid

RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav on Thursday requested all employers to take care of ir Bihari workers amid Coronavirus crisis. Taking to Twitter, he stated that it is "true patriotism." Furr, he added that if people of Bihar are left hungry during bad times, n government will lose m. 

Meanwhile, Bihar government has decided to seal its border in order to t let anyone enter state from bordering states. This decision came after over one lakh migrants reached borders of Bihar. Currently, re are 24 confirmed cases of Coronavirus In Bihar, while one person has died as a consequence. 

'Today in bad times you have left our Biharis, remember if y leave you tomorrow, your big names will be left where. Thus, it is my appeal to big name companies that in time of this epidemic, please take care of your labourers as this is real nationalism.'

This comes amid a very large scale migration of labourers to Bihar from numerous states, especially New Delhi.

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Coronavirus crisis

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday said that re are 1,834 coronavirus positive cases in India, including 1,649 active cases. While 41 deaths have been reported overall,  144 people have been reportedly cured/discharged/migrated.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had anunced a 21-day lockdown in entire country effective from midnight of March 25 to deal with spread of coronavirus, saying that "social distancing" is only option to deal with disease, which spreads rapidly.  21-day curfew is applicable to all states, districts, and vills - irrespective of wher y were earlier under curfew or t.

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