Overview
- Bhagwant Mann, speaking Saturday, asked why the prime minister continues foreign visits after urging people to postpone overseas travel and said the PM could work from home.
- Modi is on a six-day trip to the UAE, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy to pursue bilateral ties, with reports placing him in the Netherlands during Mann’s remarks.
- Days after the appeal, petrol and diesel prices rose by Rs 3 per litre, the first increase in more than four years, which reports link to higher global crude costs and losses at state fuel retailers.
- The prime minister called for conserving foreign exchange by using metro services, carpooling, electric vehicles and working from home, and he reduced the size of his convoy as a restraint signal.
- Linking the political row to election readiness, Mann said Punjab will closely watch the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls starting June 15 with booth-level agents and volunteers.