New Delhi, Apr 23 (KNN) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that the issues of migrant workers must be addressed as the first priority.

"Issue of migrant workers needs to be addressed as a first priority. Lockdown is a mere pause button," he said.

He suggested that the lockdown beyond May 3 should only be continued in COVID-19 hotspots and not in green zones.

He was speaking at the Congress Working Committee meeting through video-conferencing.

The former party president also said the lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus was a mere pause button.

"As a nation we need to think of a transition from a lockdown to lockdown only in disease hot zones and commencement of activities in the green zones," he said.