Centre Releasing Lockdown Circulars Without Considering States’ Position: Mamata Banerjee
Mumbai: On the orders of the Home Ministry to allow some shops to open in residential complexes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the central government is issuing circulars on lockdown without considering the status of the states.
Banerjee said, “The central government is issuing circulars to all. I have no problem with this, but there should be some consultation on this. They should ask the status of the states.”
The Chief Minister of West Bengal believes that there is a lack of clarity on the instructions issued by the Central Government.
He said, “On one hand they say that the lockdown should be strictly maintained, on the other hand, they say they are opening all the shops. What should we do? There is clarity between what the central government is saying and their instructions.”
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The Ministry of Home Affairs said, “In urban areas, it is permissible to open shops in all standalone shops, neighbourhood shops, and residential complexes. Shops are not allowed in markets, market complexes and shopping malls.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier said in a video conference on the current COVID-19 status through a video conference, that the lockdown has yielded positive results as the country has managed to save thousands of lives in the last one and a half months.
Banerjee had earlier decided to provide assistance to the people of the stranded state in various parts of the country, but expressed her inability to provide quarantine facilities for “millions and millions”.
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