PM Modi hails BJP Karyakartas' relief work amid COVID-19 crisis

New Delhi, July 04: In an interactive session with karyakartas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday applauded BJP workers for extending help to those in need during the nationwide lockdown.

Seven units of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made a presentation before Prime Minister Narendra Modi on their initiatives in line with the government's gareeb kalyan schemes for those in need in the aftermath of the corona pandemic.

PM Modi hailed presentation by Rajasthan BJP unit Chief Satish Punia about how party carried out social work and helped the needy during the lockdown period.

Modi said he was not aware about several things done by the party on Rajasthan and he was pleased to see that the party workers complemented the state government in fight against the Covid-19 crisis.

Some believed that COVID-19 will spread more in east India due to high poverty; people proved it wrong, PM Modi told Bihar BJP workers.

With 22,771 people testing positive for coronavirus in the highest single-day spike so far, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to?6,48,315 on Saturday, while the death toll rose to 18,655 with 442 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

With a steady rise, the number of recoveries stands at 3,94,226 and one patient has migrated. There are 2,35,433 active cases of coronavirus presently in the country.