COVID-19 surge: NCP says it is time to impose health emergency

‘Prime Minister Narendra Modi can no longer handle the situation in the country’, says Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday demanded a health emergency in the country in the wake of continued spread of coronavirus and rising number of patients. Prime Minister Narendra Modi could no longer handle the situation in the country, the party said. “The elections are over and Prime Minister Narendra Modi can impose complete lockdown in areas required to curb the spread. However, the situation has become so terrible that it is time to impose health emergency in the country,” said NCP chief spokesperson and Maharashtra’s Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik. The Centre must call all Opposition parties for a discussion and to form a strategy to fight out the pandemic. “He [Narendra Modi] can no longer handle the situation on his own,” he said.