BJP leader Narayan Rane on Friday slammed Thackeray government over the restrictions imposed in the state to curb the coronavirus spread.
Rane said,"Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has imposed a lockdown by naming it as restrictions. People are intentionally violating these restrictions. Shop owners are also neglecting govt order because they don't believe this government (Maha Vikas Aghadi)".
Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced a series of 'strict restrictions' in the state till May 1 including the imposition of Section 144 from Wednesday in view of rising COVID-19 cases. Under the new guidelines, all establishments, public places, activities will remain closed in the state. Only essential services will be exempted, and their operations to be unrestricted.
Maharashtra continues to report grim COVID-19 figures on Thursday with 61,695 new COVID-19 cases and 349 deaths in the last 24 hours.