India
oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P
Mumbai, Apr 13: Hours after Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced a 15-day long statewide curfew from April 14 amid the spike in coronavirus cases, senior BJP leader said the MVA government must give concessions in electricity bills, property tax and GST.
Refraining from calling the curbs as lockdown, the CM, in his address via social media, had said the curfew, which excludes essential services, will come into effect from 8 pm on Wednesday.
He had added that section 144 (prohibitory orders) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) will be in force till the “lockdown-like” restrictions are in place.
In a series of tweets, Fadnavis said, “The state seems to have not offered any concessions in electricity bills, property tax or GST. Similarly, no financial assistance announced for…