PM’s meetings with CMs underway: Mamata gives it a miss

New Delhi, Mar 17: West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee and CM of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel have skipped the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being held to review the COVID-19 situation in the country.

Mamata Banerjee said that she was skipping the meeting as she has pre-scheduled election meetings.

The PM had lasted interacted with the CMs in January before the vaccine was rolled out. The meeting comes in the backdrop of rising cases in some states.

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States like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have continued to report a surge in case, account for 78.41 per cent of the new cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.

"A rising trajectory of daily new cases is visible in eight states. These are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka and Haryana," the ministry added.