Maharashtra-Journalists
Give status of frontline workers to journalists in Maharashtra, says Minister Chhagan Bhujbal
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday said that journalists in the state should be given the status of frontline workers and vaccinated immediately and also informed that in this regard he has written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
In an official statement, the senior NCP leader said that the method by which all health workers, police personnel, cleaners, health workers are being vaccinated on a priority basis, the same should be given to the journalists.
A strict lockdown has been imposed till May 15 to curb the rising cases of coronavirus in the state.
In addition, the state government and the Central government are emphasizing on the complete vaccination of all citizens in the state.
"Journalists and correspondent of various newspapers are on the move across the state to cover the news from every district, taluka and village to inform the government about the current situation of Corona infection through various means," said Bhujbal.
"Therefore, a positive decision should be taken to give the status of frontline workers to the journalists and news channel representatives and vaccinate them," he advocated.
In some other states of the country, an initiative in this regard has been taken by vaccinating journalists, he added.
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