As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday morning announced the extension of the countrywide lockdown till May 3, around 1500 migrant labourers, mostly from Bihar and West Bengal took to the streets of Mumbai protesting against the extension. "Around 1,500 people had gathered in Bandra to go to their homes, and while talking about the situation with the labourers, some of them got aggressive. CM Uddhav Thackeray ji raised this issue in the PM- CM Video Conf as well requesting a roadmap for migrant labour to reach home," he wrote on Twitter. Defending the BJP, former state CM Devendra Fadnavis put the blame back on state government, saying that it needs to take the responsibility to make arrangements for the workers. Later, Home Minister Amit Shah called CM Uddhav Thackeray and expressed concern over the Bandra gathering.

Source: dna April 14, 2020 15:33 UTC