CMs to make a more strident demand to lift lockdown in Monday meet with PM

he CMs plan to highlight the problems of stranded migrants and call for allowing inter-state transit to enable them to travel to their native places

The meeting between the prime minister and chief ministers on Monday could turn out to be lot more discordant than the previous two such interactions this month.

Several chief ministers intend to state that the battle against Covid-19 cannot be won if the states continue to face financial constraints. They are also likely to demand that any extension of the lockdown should only be done beyond May 3 in ‘hot zones’ of the virus, while economic activities should commence in ‘green zones’.

The CMs plan to highlight the problems of stranded migrants, and call for the restoration of inter-state transit to enable