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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is mulling on complete lockdown as the state is struggling with an unprecedented rise in coronavirus cases, sources told NDTV, following an all-party meeting to discuss the crisis.
Maharashtra, which has been reporting around half of the new infections in the country each day, enforced a night curfew and a weekend lockdown this week but sources say Mr Thackeray is in favour of stricter curbs to break the chain of transmission.
However, not all members of the Shiv Sena-Congress-Nationalist Congress Party coalition that rules the state are in favour of a lockdown and neither is the opposition BJP, sources said.
“Lockdown of a few days is necessary and then relaxations can be given. The Chief Minister will hold a meeting with the state Covid task force on Sunday,” Deputy Chief Minister Ashok Chavan told news agency ANI.
