In a shocking video that has surfaced on the internet, Rajya Sabha Chairman and the Vice-President of India, Venkaiah Naidu can be seen asking the members to remove their masks.
This was just 6 days before PM Modi announced total lockdown across the country.
Using a rather emphatic tone, Naidu tells the members:
Please go and remove the masks, all the members. You are all senior members and you know the rules. Please. Otherwise you know what I will do.
A mumble can be heard from the house members, presumably asking him to allow masks.