MIM: Courts deciding on policy matters is unfortunate

Hyderabad, Apr 20 (UNI) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President and Hyderabad MP, Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said courts deciding on ‘policy matters’ is unfortunate.
On the micro-blogging platform twitter, Owaisi said yesterday, Telangana High Court instructed state government to decide on night curfew in 48-hours or it would issue orders. Today, the state government imposed a night curfew. Courts deciding on policy matters is unfortunate.
This harms our constitutional scheme of separation of powers, he said
Last year, PMO India issued a farmaan imposing lockdown with 4-hours notice, he said it had a devastating impact on India’s poor but it also violated exclusive powers of states, however , this year, we are seeing a different kind of encroachment on powers of state government. “ It is not a healthy sign”, he said on twitter.
Policy questions are to be decided by the state government and they can be held accountable, the Hyderabad MP said it is not acceptable for courts or the Central government to encroach.
Delhi’s hasty lockdown is also reenacting the humanitarian crisis from last year, with migrant workers thronging to leave, he tweeted..
Lockdowns are harmful for the vulnerable but they also make people vulnerable, Owaisi said the risks of lockdown can only be estimated by states. If they decide on lockdown, lack of empathy can cause severe harm.
Let’s not compel poor people to make a choice between hunger and covid, he said..“ I request @TelanganaCS and @TelanganaCMO to amend the GO (government  order) to that night Curfew starts at 10 PM instead of 9 PM and people can make their way back home after work”, he tweeted.
Milk and other staple food items are included in the list of exempted services, he also tweeted.