New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement to extend the lockdown in the country till May 3 and also raised questions about the announcement of no new financial package. Senior party leader and former home minister P Chidambaram tweeted, 'We feel compelled to extend the lockdown. We support this decision. '
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Chidambaram alleged that 'the poor have been left on their own for 40 days (21 + 19)'. There is money, there is food, but the government is not releasing it. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi claimed, 'There was nothing special in PM Modi's speech. Financial package was not announced, no information was given, nothing concrete. Nothing was said for the middle class, poor and businessmen.' Singhvi questioned, 'Lockdown is good, but where is the livelihood issue?'
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Congress leader Manish Tiwari said that PM Modi told the people what he expected from them, but did not say what the government was doing for the people. On Tuesday, PM Modi announced to extend the nationwide lockdown applicable to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, saying that it is necessary to defeat this epidemic.
