Twelve leaders of various opposition parties have written a joint letter to PM Narendra Modi suggesting a slew of measures for combating the current COVID-19 wave in India. Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister and JDS leader H D Deve Gowda and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar are among the signatories of the letter.

In the two-page document, the leaders, including some chief ministers have suggested PM Modi to conduct mass vaccination drives, suspension of the central vista project among other measures

The letter also asks Centre to give Rs 6000 permonth to the unemployed and provision of foodgrains for those in need. The leaders, including former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah, SP chief and former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav, RJD’s D Raja, have also urged the centre to roll back the three Central farm laws which, they have said, will help protect lakhs of ‘annadatas’ during pandemic times.