NEW DELHI: Congress Sunday asked the government if it has a national plan ready for post-lockdown period and if Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share it with the chief ministers in the meeting on Monday. The party also asked the government if it was deliberately keeping the testing levels low for fear of consequences.
Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said coronavirus is here to stay and the government needs to have a holistic programme on dealing with the pandemic and reviving the economy. He said the Disaster Management Act that the Centre has invoked enjoins upon the government to craft a national plan to deal with natural disasters or pandemics.
“It is a germane issue because till the time a national plan is put in public domain, the states or district administrations will not be able to formulate their plans to deal with the crisis,” he said.
Former PM Manmohan Singh said without aggressive testing facilities, India cannot conquer challenges posed by Covid-19. “There are problems with regard to the inadequacy of testing facilities and without more aggressive facilities of testing, we are not going to conquer this menace," Singh said.
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