{"id":24933,"date":"2020-05-06T18:26:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T12:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/covid-19-what-after-may-17-congress-questions-govt-s-strategy-on-lockdown\/"},"modified":"2020-05-06T18:26:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T12:56:56","slug":"covid-19-what-after-may-17-congress-questions-govt-s-strategy-on-lockdown-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=24933","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 | What after May 17? Congress questions govt.\u2019s strategy on lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>CMs of Congress-run States asked if the Centre has a plan to get the country out of lockdown and also revive the economy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/covid-19-what-after-may-17-congress-questions-govts-strategy-on-lockdown\/article31515896.ece\">PTI<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday questioned the government over the criteria it adopted to judge how long the COVID-19-induced lockdown will continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing a meeting of chief ministers of states where the Congress is in power, she asked \u201cwhat after May 17?.\u201d The third phase of the lockdown ends on May 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi were part of the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter May 17th, What? and After May 17th, How?\u2026what criteria is GoI (government of India) using to judge how long the lockdown is to continue\u2026,\u201d Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala quoted Sonia Gandhi as saying in the video conference with CMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She thanked farmers, particularly of Punjab and Haryana, for ensuring food security by giving bumper wheat crop produce despite all odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also said, \u201cWe need to know, as Soniaji said, what will happen after lockdown 3.0?\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSoniaji has already pointed out. CM\u2019s need to deliberate and ask as to what is the strategy of the government of India to get the country out of lockdown,\u201d Singh asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at the meeting, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said he has set up two committees, one to strategise on how to come out of the lockdown and the other on economic revival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cConcern is people sitting in Delhi are deciding on classification of (COVID-19) zones without knowing what\u2019s happening on the ground,\u201d he said at the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rajasthan Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said, \u201cuntil extensive stimulus package is given, how will States and the country run? We have lost \u20b910,000 crore revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said states have repeatedly requested the prime minister for a package, \u201cbut we are yet to hear from the government of India\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said, \u201cStates are facing dire economic crisis. They need to be provided immediate assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Chattisgarh is one state where 80% of small industries have restarted and nearly 85,000 workers have returned to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMs of Congress-run States asked if the Centre has a plan to get the country out of lockdown and also revive the economy PTI Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday questioned the government over the criteria it adopted to judge how long the COVID-19-induced lockdown will continue. 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