indiaUpdated: May 08, 2020 18:48 ISTThe coronavirus hotspots in Maharashtra are likely to see an extension in the lockdown, which is scheduled to end on May 17. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray called an all-party meeting with state leaders on Thursday and continued day-long meetings with senior government officials in the state to assess the rising numbers in these cases. Senior leaders cutting across party lines, like BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray attended the meeting. Others who tok part in the video-conference were Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi President Prakash Ambedkar, Peasants and Workers Party chief Jayant Patil, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi leader Hitendra Thakur, AIMIM leader Imtiyaz Jaleel, CPI-M leader Ashok Dhawale, Peoples Republican Party chief Jogendra Kawade, Rashtriya Samaj Party chief Mahadev Jankar, RPRI leader Rajendra Gavai, Jansurajya Shakti Party leader Vinay Kore and others. A central team held meeting with Thackeray on Thursday and suggested that more people should be placed in institutional quarantine.

Source: Hindustan Times May 08, 2020 08:41 UTC