India is bracing itself for more deaths amid the continuing spread of COVID-19. Meanwhile, veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has suggested the federal government should consider imposing martial law in order to halt the spread of coronavirus.
In Delhi, hundreds of people are already defying the lockdown and were ignoring social distancing guidelines for reducing the risk of infection when they attended a religious congregation. Seven persons, who had returned after the congregation held on 16 March succumbed to infection – six in Telangana and one in Kashmir.
“Aaj ye hua kal kya kya hona hai? (This happened today, now what will happen tomorrow?)That is why I said we need the military out. Emergency,” he tweeted.
Aaj ye hua kal kya kya hona hai? That is why I said we need the military out. Emergency.
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) March 31, 2020
Even netizens agreed with his suggestion
Aaj ye hua kal kya kya hona hai? That is why I said we need the military out. Emergency.
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) March 31, 2020
Bahut sahi bola
— Sonam Mishra Jha (@msonam144) March 31, 2020
@PMOIndia @HMOIndia @narendramodi sir we r ur follower nd seen ur power...Plz use it nd save it.... Emergency is now only solution
— Gaurav Kumar (@im_gaurav14) March 31, 2020
While the actor wants an emergency in India, The Indian Army on Monday rejected fake messages circulated on social media about the likely declaration of emergency in India.
Fake and malicious messages are circulating on social media about likely declaration of emergency in mid April and employment of #IndianArmy, #Veterans, NCC and NSS to assist the civil administration.
— ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) March 30, 2020
It is clarified that this is absolutely FAKE. pic.twitter.com/YnbLnBZGY0
The current lockdown, announced by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, is set to continue till 14 April as a step to contain the spread of COVID-19.
After the lockdown was announced, thousands of daily wage labourers trudged hundreds of kilometres from cities like Delhi and Mumbai to return to their villages. These workers were left jobless, with no income, and are facing the prospect of starvation. Several states later provided buses to transport those workers from places like Delhi.
