The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have come out in support of the Government’s decision to implement lockdown amid coronavirus pandemic in Odisha and as a part of the lockdown exercise, the organisation decided not to indulge in violence for five days, reports The New Indian Express on April 6. Speaking to some media-persons at Swabhiman Anchal, the Spokesperson of Malkangiri-Koraput-Visakhapatnam Border (MKVB) committee of the CPI-Maoist – Kaliash said that the outfit will not carry out any violence during this period unless security personnel attack them. “The war against the pandemic can be fought and won through awareness programmes put in place by the Government and adhering to social distancing,” he said. Further, refuting media reports that some Maoists have been infected by coronavirus, he said, “We are taking all preventive steps and maintaining social distancing.”