Manipur, July 27 -- Manipur Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader O Ibobi on Monday said that the state government's policy of tackling COVID-19 is "totally mismanaged" and is taken up without thinking about the future consequences.

Former chief minister Ibobi, while speaking to mediapersons at his official quarter at Babupara in Imphal on Monday, said the Congress party welcomes the announcement of total lockdown in the state but keeping entry and exit restrictions in Thoubal district is a gross violation of human rights.

"What is the agenda of closing the whole Thoubal district instead of keeping restriction only in the locality where there are cases of spreading COVID-19?" the CLP leader asked.

Ibobi further questioned whether the...