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Tejashwi Yadav converts his government residence into COVID-19 care centre

Private funds used
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Private funds used
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday converted his government residence into a COVID-19 care centre. Yadav has set up the centre at 1 polo road in Patna from his private funds. He said that it has all the necessary medical equipment, beds, oxygen and provision for free food.
A request to Bihar Govt
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A request to Bihar Govt
While speaking to ANI he said, "I request the state government to convert all the government residence provided to us into COVID-19 care centres, quarantine centres because people are not getting beds, oxygen and other medical facilities at the government hospitals. Being a responsible opposition, we want to give our residence to the state government for the people," he added.
Handing over it to State Govt
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Handing over it to State Govt
As per the rules, it has been decided to hand over the COVID centre to the state government. In this regard, he has written a letter to the government asking it to take up the COVID care centre. He added that he has written a letter to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (in pic) but has not received any reply.
'Ready to help'
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'Ready to help'
"I urge the state government to take over the COVID-19 centre and we are there to help in any way. Just let us know what we can do to help them," RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said.
Bihar cases
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Bihar cases
Meanwhile, Bihar reported 6,286 fresh Covid cases and 111 deaths on Tuesday in the past 24 hours.
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