Updated On: 18 February, 2021 09:12 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
The government should explain how it came to the point of introducing a lockdown again to curb the rise in the daily number of COVID-19 case. How did it happen, Shelar asked.

Commuters seen not wearing the mask properly as they wait to board a local train at Borivli railway station. Pic/Satej Shinde
BJP MLA Ashish Shelar on Wednesday targeted the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government over the rising number of fresh COVID-19 cases in the state.
Since last Wednesday, Maharashtra has been reporting more than 3,000 cases on a daily basis. On Sunday, it recorded 4,092 new cases, the highest single-day spike in more than a month. The caseload in the state reached 20,71,306 on Tuesday, while the death toll rose to 51,591, as per the state Health department.