While the plea surprised many, the petitioner has surprised them more by naming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump as witnesses in the matter.
In the last 24 hours till Monday morning, the country has recorded 8,392 cases with 230 deaths. India currently stands at the seventh spot in the list of top ten countries worst affected by COVID-19.
By recalling his huge victory in 2019 polls, Modi claimed that people of India had voted with the dream of taking India to new heights and making it a global leader.
The saffron party is aiming to make it big in the albeit of escalating challenges over tackling the spread. The party would be holding a month-long campaign starting from June.
Congress party has recently called the rest of the opposition parties to come together to voice against the government's financial package and its handling of the COVID-19 outbreak.
According to the Chief Minister, the special economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore is against federalism and the Center is attempting to dominate the states.
The package would testify the revival grounds of the world's fifth-largest economy and pumping 10% of GDP at one shot would be a mammoth task for the government.