Lockdown or not has nothing to do with any reason.

"A record single-day rise of 2,61,500 coronavirus infections has taken India's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,47,88,109, while active cases have surpassed the 18-lakh (1.8 million) mark, according to Union Health Ministry updated on Sunday. Delhi and Maharashtra are worst hit. In 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a total lockdown on the entire nation on 25 March with just 4 hours notice. On that day CNN reported, "The country has confirmed 519 coronavirus cases, including 10 deaths and 39 patients who have been cured, according to the Ministry of Health." Apparently, the stringent lockdown gave time to increase our healthcare infrastructure. "The lockdown is a blunt instrument and was effective in giving the country and the medical fraternity enough time to prepare and scale infrastructure," wrote Nikita Rana. Not so effective, it seems. "The resurgence of coronavirus cases has caught India's creaking healthcare system flat-footed again, with reports of shortages in critical care beds, oxygen, delays in testing and hospitals turning away critically ill patients pouring in from across the country," Mint. India's capital Delhi is short of ICU beds, oxygen and drugs, said Chief Minster Arvind Kejriwal, Hindustan Times (HT). Another 1,500 beds with oxygen supply will be added in sports complexes in Delhi today, said Kejriwal, NDTV. Beds maybe bought but doctors and nurses need many years to be trained. "Covid-19 has so far claimed the lives of 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers in the country, Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday (2 February 2021)," HT. "A day after the central government stated that 162 doctors died due to Covid-19 in the country, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Wednesday said that it is 'shocked' and pegged the figure at 734," HT. More doctors have been dying everyday, both father and son dying within hours of each other couple of days ago. "India has one of the lowest densities of health workforce, with a paltry 7 physicians and 17 nurses per 10,000 population as against the global average of 13.9 and 28.6 respectively," Prof John and Dr Udwadia. On 3 August 2020, they wrote "modelling analysis from MIT predicts that by early 2021, India will have overtaken the US and Brazil to have the most Covid cases in the world, with 290,000 new cases every day." We are almost there. More than 50 patients are queueing up for a bed at King George's Medical University in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh (UP), The Indian Express. To cover up the enormous numbers dying the Lucknow Municipality has erected tin sheets around its crematorium, HT. Why was a whole year wasted? "Our flaw lies in comparing the pandemic data from India with that of the West. Compared to the West, particularly when compared to the United States and Italy, we have done good," wrote Dr Shah Alam Khan. However, "A quick glance at data from 14 South Asian countries reveals that India has done worst in terms of total number of cases and deaths." "We have done worse than most of our neighbours, including Pakistan and Bangladesh." Last year's lockdown seems to have failed in controlling coronavirus infections and deaths. It had nothing to do with the anti-CAA protests where women sat peacefully and it was difficult to use force, The Wire. Modi has ruled out any hard lockdown across India, Zee News. It could be because another stringent lockdown maybe credit negative, NDTV. It has nothing to do with Modi's desire to win West Bengal assembly elections, Business Standard. So that Modi will address 4 rallies across the state on 23 April, Economic Times. We may lose against Covid, but elections must be won.