AT A TIME WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS PREPARING ITSELF TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS ON WAR FOOTING, IT IS FACING AN UNUSUAL CRISIS - ITS VERY OWN BUREAUCRACY. AFTER OFFICERS DID NOT SHOW UP YESTERDAY AND TODAY DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT'S DIRECTIVE ON THE WEEKEND, A KEY MINISTRY HAS PUT OUT A LETTER THAT WARNS THAT ABSENTEES WILL BE SACKED, Election strategist-turned politician Prashant Kishor -- one of the sharp critics of the modalities of the lockdown -- today questioned if the government has a plan in case the extension of the restriction proves ineffective.