 Two months ago, the Prime Minister said that we were going to fight a 21 day war against COVID. It was his expectation that we would defeat the COVID virus in 21 days. Now we are on 60 days and we are the only country in the world where the virus is exponentially rising and we are removing a lockdown. So it is pretty clear that the aim and the purpose of our lockdown has failed. What India is facing now in front of us is the result of a failed lockdown. Now we in the Congress party and a lot of people want to understand and we do not want to do it harshly, aggressively. But we want to understand what the government's view is going forward. We want to understand what is their strategy. It is pretty clear that four stages of lockdown have not produced the result that the Prime Minister expected. Prime Minister and his entire advisory staff including his top medical people said that the disease would start to reduce towards the end of May. It is clear that the disease is not reducing, it is increasing. So we with utmost respect want to ask the Prime Minister and the government. Now that we have a failed lockdown, what is their strategy going forward? What is their strategy as far as opening up India is concerned? What are the precautions that they are going to take to now curb this disease? How are they thinking about supporting our migrants? How are they thinking about supporting the state governments? How are they thinking about supporting small and medium businesses? We had great expectations. There was multiple press conferences about the package. Prime Minister said 10% of GDP. The reality is we have less than 1% of GDP being given, most of it in loans, hardly any cash giving to people. Congress parties running some states, we are giving cash to people. Directly we are giving cash to farmers. We are giving cash to laborers. But we are not getting any support from the central government. And this is, it is becoming extremely difficult for our states to function without adequate support from the central government. Narendra Modi Ji had said that in 21 days the fight for corona will be won. There are 4 lockdowns, it has been almost 60 days. India is the first country that is closing the lockdown while increasing the number of diseases. Whether it is Japan, whether it is Korea, whether it is Germany, France, when all of them closed the lockdown, when the disease started happening. So this is clear. It is clear that the lockdown in India has failed. The aim of Narendra Modi Ji was not fulfilled. And now with great respect and respect, we want to ask the government and the Prime Minister that what is your plan? The disease has not disappeared in 21 days. The disease is increasing. What is your strategy? How do you see the lockdown? How will you release it? How will you help our labour brothers and sisters? How will you help our small and medium businesses? What is your plan? So we want to ask the government this question. I do not want to score any political points. I am a little scared because what had to happen has not happened. And the country should know and accept the truth. We were told that the disease will be lost in 21 days. It has been 60 days and the disease is increasing. Hospitals say that the disease is increasing. Mr. Gandhi, how are you? My question is how did the government fail in handling the migrants as you have mentioned? Was it the timing of the lockdown? And the second part is that now most of the migrants have returned to their villages. So that is also creating a health hazard for the local people. And at some point of time they will have to come back also. So how do you think as a constructive opposition party, how do you think the government should go ahead from now on? I don't want to go into why the government has failed, that is in the past. I don't want to sort of go into details about what could have been done, how it could have been done, who should have done it. I am not interested. I am interested in right now. I am interested in what India is facing right now. And what we are facing right now is a failed lockdown because the goal of the lockdown has stated by the Prime Minister on national television. Was that we will defeat the disease in 21 days. These are not my words, these are the words of the Prime Minister. Now it is one lockdown, two lockdown, three lockdown, we are coming to the end of the fourth lockdown and the disease profile is not reducing. So I am just stating a simple fact that what we expected from the lockdown has not occurred. Disease profile is shooting up. In number of states, it is shooting up. What is the government thinking of doing going forward? The Congress party is in power in three or four states. We know what we are planning. We are very clear what has to be done in our states. We are giving money to poor people. We are giving food to poor people. We are managing the migrants. We are increasing our testing. We have a strategy. But states cannot function in a strategy without the national government. States are hamstrung if the national government is not behind states. So I have actually been, I have spoken to our chief ministers who have asked me to mention this. They have said that they are fighting a lonely battle and they are confident they understand what has to be done. But what is the central government planning to do? That's the main question here. And that's again, we of course have a view. We put that view down. We said that injection of money is required. Aggressive movement on that front is required. But we were disappointed. So I wanted to ask you that India has been facing a high level of unemployment even before the coronavirus pandemic began. Do you think that India has made a mistake in terms of prioritizing health over the economic crisis that has affected a much larger number of people? India has been facing a very serious unemployment problem. And this is not new. This has been going on. You've heard of making India, you've heard of some of those initiatives and they have not given the result that one expected for whatever reason. However, now there is a new element to this unemployment, which is that we were already struggling and now suddenly we've hit this corona problem, which has multiplied this unemployment problem. As you can see, businesses were shut down and I'm sorry to say this as a national leader, but many, many small and medium businesses are going to go bankrupt. The people who work for those businesses are going to become unemployed. And that is why we are raising again and again and again, that the injection of capital and injection of money to small and medium businesses is required. It will be fatal if we do not do it. An injection of money to the poorest 50% of India is required. It will be fatal if we do not do it. So yes, there is an unemployment problem, but that unemployment problem has now been compounded massively by the current crisis. And no, I do not think it is a choice between healthcare and economics. I think we are intelligent enough to work out a solution that looks after both. Rahul ji, one more serious challenge is facing the country. COVID-19 is fighting on the other side. And on the other hand, on Seema, there is a lot of tension in Ladakh. There is a lot of tension with China. And a report says that more than 10,000 soldiers have come to India to fight. On the other hand, if you see, our Seema-Vivaaj has started with Nepal as well. So on the outside of Seema, India is facing a serious challenge. So you do not think that the government's strategy is somewhere in the house of questions. Look, the border issue, the detailed government should tell the country transparently. What happened in Nepal, how it happened, why it happened, what is happening in Ladakh, how it is happening. It should be transparently. Clearly they should tell the government. I cannot see that transparency. The thing about China and India is that it is a live issue. So I do not want to talk much about that in the press conference. I want to leave that on the government's wisdom. But there is a need for transparency. We should know what is happening and who does not know that. On the 30th of January, the first case of the corona was reported. After that, the 12th and 15th case was raised in the parliament. And after that, you said that there can be an earthquake, health problem. But on the 24th of March, people felt down after 54 days. What do you want to say about the government's attitude towards opposition? Doesn't the government take it seriously? Look, if financial support was not there, if small and medium businesses were not protected, then the loss that is going to happen is still not visible. This is not even the first chapter. So the warning that I was giving in February, I am giving it again today. And I am telling the government, I am telling the others, I am telling the respect. I am telling the respect. Please take economic action. You should give cash injection. You should protect small and medium businesses. Otherwise, there is going to be a great loss. My job is to shape the perspective of the country. And I am telling the country and Mr. Narendra Modi that what you have done in the package, nothing is going to happen to it. So I am telling you again, we need to protect the power of India. How to protect the power? Direct cash. Direct cash for 50% people is 7500 rupees per month. The poorest workers are our strength. They are our soul and our strength. We need to protect them. We don't have to think about what is going to happen abroad. My question to you is that how has the government delivered on-ground at the time of the lifting of lockdown, especially in context of the depressed people, poor people, daily wage workers? I have been speaking to quite a few daily wage workers, quite a few migrants. I have been having zoom calls. I have been physically meeting them with all the social distancing norms. And they have a sense of hopelessness. Many of them have said to me, I don't like those words. I don't want a single Indian person to say those words. Whether he is rich, poor, male, female, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, I don't like those words. And they are saying those words more and more. They are saying that trust is broken. Trust should not be broken. The government can still help the workers. The government can still give 7500 rupees per month. And it should be given. My question is, last week we saw politics being played over the buses for migrants in UP. We also heard BJP and Maya Vati accusing Congress of doing politics over the issue. Then a statement comes from the UP chief minister that other states will now have to seek his government's permission if they want to hire workers from UP. It is very unfortunate that the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh views India in such a way. These people are not his personal property. They are not the personal property of Uttar Pradesh. These people are Indian citizens and they have the right to decide what they want to do. And they have the right to live the life they want to live. It is our job to support them to fulfill their dreams. It is not our job to say that you belong to me, you cannot go and work in Maharashtra. It is an absolutely absurd position. My question is, the main goal of the lockdown was to stop Sankaraman. So, have you had 4 lockdowns in your opinion? Have you stopped Sankaraman? If you had asked the chief minister that you had said 21 days and it has been 60 days, I think the chief minister himself will accept it. The chief minister will have to tell the country what to do next. So, the chief minister will have to come back to the front foot. He will go to the back foot. I am saying that he will come back to the front foot. Rahul, we wanted to ask you about the entire problem of the government. How would you rate it if it is on a scale of 10? And would it be a big failure or a big failure? I will not criticise it. I do not want to talk about the past. I am talking about the present. I am talking about the interest of the present and the future. The future is going to happen. And I am getting a little scared that the coronavirus is increasing. We are fighting at the state level. But the support that we need is not being given to the government. And I am requesting the government that not only the state of Congress, but the state of BJP and the state of Congress should be financially supported. So, my question is that it is about transportation, opening up public transportation, regular train services. What according to you would be a safe mobility plan? For me to comment on whether we should open airlines, how we should open airlines, I am not the expert. I don't pretend to be the expert. But what I do understand is that there are a couple of things at a high level that need to be done. When you are opening up, you need to open up with inputs from the state governments. You need to open up with inputs from experts. You need to open up in a systematic way, not in an ad hoc way. I clearly can see that our economy requires restarting, which means that it needs money injection, cash injection immediately. So, that needs to be done. And I can clearly see that we need a strategy to make sure that in a non-lockdown situation, the disease does not run amok. I am worried, let me state it clearly. I am worried that in a non-lockdown situation, in a haphazard opening up, we will get a second wave of corona that will be extremely devastating. In the previous two press conferences, you gave some suggestions. And it seems as if there is a right to decide on red, orange, green, or bottom. What did the government do with those suggestions? There is no suggestion coming forward. There is more than half of the entire Maharashtra alone in Mumbai. So, the government has also started asking for it. We are supporting the government in Maharashtra, but we are not the key decision maker in Maharashtra. We are the key decision maker in Punjab. We are the key decision maker in Chhattisgarh, in Rajasthan, in Pondicherry. So, there is a difference between running a government and supporting a government. However, Maharashtra is struggling because of the nature of its connectivity. And Maharashtra is one of the most important assets, frankly, that India has. It is the centre of business. So, it requires full support from the government of India. What kind of suggestion should we take from the government? It is not up to us. It is up to them. It is their decision. And surely, they have accepted our two or three suggestions, which were about the zone. So, that is a good thing. In the last press conference of the Finance Minister, if you have heard it correctly, I am telling you that you went to meet the migrant labourers. They said that they play a drama. If they were serious, they would pick up their burden. They would pick up their belongings, their belongings, their baggage. They would help them. So, next time you are meeting the taxi drivers, you are meeting all of them. So, you should take care of the finance minister's advice next time you come out of the house. I talk to the poor, I talk to the labourers. I try to understand what is in their hearts. And to be honest, I get a lot of benefit from this. Because I get a lot of benefit from their knowledge and their knowledge. Now, as far as there is help, I keep helping. And I have no objection. If they give me permission, I will definitely pick up the bag. I will pick up the 10-15 bags. I made a small film. That is why I made it so that the rest of the people understand their pain, listen to their sorrow, their pain. If I talk to them, it is a drama. It is their view. I thank them and I tell them that if they want, I will go from here to Uttar Pradesh. Allow me there. I will leave from here. And I will do all the people I can help on the way. The main thrust is press conference. That the Laksh lockdown was not completed. It took 60 days. The disease is increasing. So, we need clarity. What is the position of the government? What will the government do in the coming days? How will it support the poor? How will the small-medium businesses and migrant labourers protect them? And overall, what is their plan? Namaskar.