Mamata to skip meeting called by PM Modi to discuss COVID-19 situation with CMs

Mamata to skip meeting called by PM Modi to discuss COVID-19 situation with CMs (PTI)Premium
Mamata to skip meeting called by PM Modi to discuss COVID-19 situation with CMs (PTI)
 1 min read . Updated: 08 Apr 2021, 02:38 PM IST PTI

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.

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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. PTI SCH RBT RBT

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