Coronavirus outbreak: Modi talks to ex-presidents, PMs, opposition leaders

ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke to several leaders of his country belonging to opposition including his predecessor Dr Manmohan Singh, leader of the biggest opposition party Congress Ms. Sonia Gandhi and former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee, on the situation arising out of the coronavirus pandemic. India is under total lockdown at the face of coronavirus outbreak for 21 days and it was imposed by Prime Minister Modi last week. Modi also called up various leaders, including Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, DMK’s MK Stalin and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal. They all are from the opposition’s camp. Modi spoke to former president Pratibha Patil and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda to discuss issues related to the deadly coronavirus disease. It has been stated in Indian capital that Indian prime minister will also interact with floor leaders of various political parties via video conference on Wednesday.