Cong leaders to discuss COVID-19 lockdown implication at CWC meet on April 2

Top Congress leers will discuss implication and consequent problems of 21-day country-wide lockdown imposed to check spre of vel coronavirus infection at party's working committee meeting on April 2.

Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet on April 2 through video conferencing to discuss party's strategy on issue, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal said.

"A meeting of Congress Working Committee will be held on Thursday, April, 2. meeting will be conducted through video-conferencing," he said on Twitter.

Congress has been critical of government's handling of situation arising out of COVID-19 lockdown, saying it has halted all ecomic activity and is causing problems to labourers, poor and marginalised.

party has also accused government of t taking equate steps to mitigate plight of migrant labour force. Rahul Gandhi has suggested a nuanced approach to tackle coronavirus outbreak rar than total lockdown.

Ninety-two new cases and four deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in India since Sunday taking total cases to 1,071 and number of deaths to 29, Health Ministry said on Monday while reiterating that re has been community transmission of virus as of w.

Im: PTI