Newborn named 'Lockdown' to show support for PM's appeal to stay indoors

The child was born on Monday, almost a week into the lockdown in the country

Lockdown relief

Not only have the central and state governments stepped in to provide relief to daily-wage earners who have suddenly lost their livelihoods following the lockdown, political and social organisations have also come forward to do their bit... and more. Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has found in this an opportunity to subtly attack the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh for the hardship being faced by the poor owing to the lockdown, the forced migration by labourers and the purported scarcity of relief material. Earlier he had asked his party leaders to help