On Monday, the government said that there was no plan to extend the 21-day lockdown which came into force on March 24 midnight.
The Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba said, “I am surprised to see such reports, there is no such plan of extending the lockdown.” After which, netizens took to Twitter to express what they think about Rajiv Gauba’s statment.
One user said, “Maintaining suspense till 8PM might be your only KRA, but please ‘plan’ too.” While other user said, “Just for a day for a while to make you all feel better.”
Here’s what Twitterati had to say:
Maintaining suspense till 8PM might be your only KRA, but please ‘plan’ too. https://t.co/2BPZZHIsQr
— Rachit Doshi (@RachitDoshiYo) March 30, 2020
He is delusional https://t.co/T7zHThK4UM
— rupinder dhillon (@ParaRjs) March 30, 2020
wait till 14thApril 12am!@narendramodi@PMOIndia#CoronaLockdownIndia #coronavirusindia #CoronaStopKaroNa #lockdown https://t.co/xrmJJ0eYKn
— Alka (@AlkaMaverick) March 30, 2020
There was no “plan” to do this 3 weeks lockdown either… And it shows.
Dear GoI, do whatever necessary but please do it with lot of “planning”. Stop taking decisions randomly. https://t.co/tXjmXgF0gn
— Sumit Kashyap (@sumitkashyapjha) March 30, 2020
This will be former Fin Sec Adhia part 3. https://t.co/PLkaUaZM4d
— Javed Hussain (@javed_Hussain9) March 30, 2020
Cabinet Secretary is No more than a Post office clerk .
He had No idea when lock down was announced .
He has still No idea what will happen in future .
Only and Only Modi & PMO knows what will happen next . https://t.co/D9m6tNJFP3
— Whistle Blower (@whistleblover07) March 30, 2020
No Plan of extending the lockdown. Good for the markets https://t.co/hyOaKmjU8g
— Nikhil (@fca_nikhil) March 30, 2020
You will be proved wrong on 14th of April. https://t.co/vRIuknOKOr
— Kapil (@kapsology) March 30, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a three-week nationwide lockdown, which came into effect on March 25, to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Prime Minister later apologised for the difficulties that the poor, especially migrant workers, have been facing due to the lockdown which was announced 4-hours before it came into effect. Following the lockdown, there has been a massive exodus of migrant workers from big cities to their villages after being rendered jobless.