I apologise for tough steps: Modi

30/03/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI

Five days into the 21-day lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reached out to citizens with an “apology for tough decisions” in the fight against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak. He also warned that those violating the lockdown were “playing with their own lives”.

In his latest monthly radio broadcast, Mann Ki Baat, Mr. Modi said: “I would like to apologise ... and my conscience tells me that you will forgive me..”