In yet another scuffle with the Centre over pandemic-related supplies, the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s minister Nawab Malik accused the Centre of threatening 16 export companies that their license will be revoked, if they supplied the COVID-19 treatment drug Remdesivir to Maharashtra. Malik said the state government will seize  the stock of Remdesivir from these exporters and supply it to the needy. His allegations made on Twitter evoked a strong responses from the Union cabinet minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

“It is sad & shocking that when Government of Maharashtra asked the 16 export companies for #Remdesivir, we were told that Central Government has asked them not to supply the medicine to #Maharashtra. These companies were warned, if they did, their license will be cancelled,” read Malik’s post.