Doctors should be given Bharat Ratna: Arvind Kejriwal. Delhi Government will this year nominate only doctors and paramedic staff in the Capital for the Padma Awards.
The Delhi assembly on Friday, the second and the last day of the monsoon session passed a resolution that said Delhi Government will this year nominate only doctors and paramedic staff in the Capital for the Padma Awards.
According to the official statement, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said doctors across the country should collectively be awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India this year for their service to the people of the Country during the Covid-19 pandemic. He also said that so far he has received 2,100 nominations from the public, three days after they launched an email address for residents to send their recommendations for the awards. He also said, " It is our responsibility to deliver a message of respect to Doctors, paramedics and health care workers for the service they rendered during Covid-19. We arranged five-star hotels for the Doctors. I think we were the first such Government. In Delhi, we decided that all orders regarding Covid-19 Management would be issued after due consultation with doctors and the medical fraternity. So, none of our orders faced any protest. We got full cooperation, said the CM during his speech.
BJP MLA, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said "we support the proposal by Mr Bharadwaj. We request CM Kejriwal to make the list more inclusive. Safai karamcharis (sanitation workers) were entrusted with the disposal of waste from residents of Covid-19 patients in home isolation. We request that we should think of the safai karamcharis too when we talk about doctors and paramedics".
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