Aurangabad: AIMIM, MNS party leaders demand easing lockdown restrictions for traders from June 1

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and the MNS have demanded Maharashtra government to ease restrictions imposed to curb covid spread for traders in Aurangabad district and they be allowed to open their shops from June 1, or else they will defy the curbs. 

AIMIM Lok Sabha member from Aurangabad Imtiaz Jaleel in a video message said they would support the extension of the lockdown-like restrictions after June 1 if Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announces that the government will waive taxes and electricity bills of shopkeepers during this period. 

If the demands are not met, "we along with businessmen in Aurangabad have decided to open the shops from June 1", he said. 

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) district president Suhas Dashrathe also vocied similar opinion saying the number of COVID-19 cases have declined in Aurangabad and traders should be allowed to open their shops. "If the administration won''t act, the MNS will open their shops," he said.