Delhi health minister says lockdown not needed, Kejriwal asks centre to impose a lockdown
Op IndiaAam Aadmi Party supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is back to doing what he has mastered for so many years. A day after the Delhi Health minister assured that the third wave of Covid-19 has passed its peak in the national capital and there is no need for a lockdown, Arvind Kejriwal takes a complete u-turn seeking Centre’s nod to impose lockdown in Covid hotspots markets in Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal demands imposing lockdown in Delhi According to reports, the Arvind Kejriwal-led government will send a fresh proposal to the Centre seeking its permission to impose lockdown across market areas to control the rising coronavirus cases. Delhi health minister claims no need for imposing lockdown This statement from the CM comes as a surprise as only yesterday, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had remarked that the Delhi government has no plans to reimpose lockdown since the third wave of coronavirus has already peaked out in the city. Amit Shah once again steps in to help Delhi emerge from the Covid-19 mess As was the case in the month of August, when the Delhi government had been blaming the ‘outsiders’ for the rise in the number of Coronavirus cases and Amit Shah had to step in to pull out the Kejriwal government from the mess, this time too, the central government stepped in and announced a slew of measures including arranging 300 additional ICU beds, doubling the RTPCR tests daily, and a house-to-house survey to check the rising cases in the national capital.