Mamata to skip meeting called by PM to discuss Covid situation with CMs

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the virtual meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the Covid-19 situation with CMs, sources in the state government said

Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee | Photo: ANI
Press Trust of India Kolkata
1 min read Last Updated : Apr 08 2021 | 2:18 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata

Banerjee will not attend the virtual meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the COVID-19 situation with CMs, sources in the state government said on Thursday.

Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay will be present in the meeting, they said.

Banerjeee will be busy campaigning for the ongoing assembly elections in the state, the sources said.

India registered a record single-day spike of 1,26,789 new COVID-19 cases, pushing its infection tally to 1,29,28,574, while the number of active cases too went upwards to breach the nine lakh-mark again, Union Health Ministry data showed.

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Topics :Mamata BanerjeeCoronavirusNarendra Modi

First Published: Apr 08 2021 | 2:11 PM IST

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