(ANSA) - NEW DELHI, 04 MAY - Rahul Gandhi, leader of the Congress party, the main Indian opposition party, has asked the government to impose an immediate national lockdown "as the only means to face the emergency and block the spread of the pandemic".
At the same time as the lockdown, Gandhi proposes to establish a guaranteed minimum income for the economically weaker groups. In a tweet, Sonia Gandhi's son claims that the government "does not realize that its inaction is killing thousands of innocent people."
In recent days, numerous Indian epidemiologists have argued that a lockdown across the country is the only solution to contain the speed and intensity of the spread of the second wave, which has led India to exceed 20 million infections, and threatens to mow thousands of others. lives in the coming weeks. But Prime Minister Modi has so far replied that the country cannot allow a second lockdown after that of two and a half months of 2020, which has sunk the economy, damaging above all small and medium-sized enterprises and millions of employees in informal activities.
The premier has entrusted the governors of the states with the responsibility of calling local lockdowns, inviting them "not to abuse it". (HANDLE).
