In election-bound Madhya Pradesh, politics has taken centre stage even as COVID cases are about to hit the 50,000 mark. He emphasised that given the prevailing state of unemployment, his government would give preference to the natives of Madhya Pradesh in allocating public sector jobs. Indore, which had been the epicentre of the pandemic in Madhya Pradesh, was again hit badly. As many as 88 police personnel, including officers, had tested positive for COVID, Home Minister Narottam Mishra announced on August 10. Rajivji got the locks of the Ram temple at Ayodhya opened.

Source: The Hindu August 18, 2020 08:48 UTC