Earlier in the day, Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar had defended the government’s move to impose evening curfew from December 24 till January 1 in the state, saying it was completed on the assistance of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for COVID-19.
Speaking to reporters, he mentioned, “TAC had recommended imposing night curfews from 8 pm onwards as a precautionary measure. However, after much deliberation we decided to restrict movement of individuals from 11 pm to 5 am.”
The Karnataka government had on Wednesday decided to impose evening curfew to include coronavirus, in particular when the planet is rattled with the emergence of a new strain of coronavirus emanating from the United Kingdom.
Terming the evening curfew as a measure to ‘cover up’ wrongdoings of the BJP government by diverting public interest, Congress state chief D K Shivakumar had mentioned, “This is a government which is not accountable. It tries to divert public attention through various means.”
“How does the night curfew help containing the coronavirus?” Shivakumar asked.
Meanwhile, the neighbouring state of Maharashtra has currently imposed a evening curfew from December 22 to January 5.