West Bengal Assembly Elections | Amid COVID-19 surge, Modi cancels rallies
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PM to carry conferences with CMs of worst-hit States.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his election rallies in West Bengal scheduled for Friday, wanting on the exponential rise in COVID-19 circumstances within the nation.
He will as an alternative be holding conferences on COVID-19 administration with the Chief Ministers of high-burden States and main oxygen producers of the nation.
Mr. Modi mentioned on Twitter, “Tomorrow, will be chairing high-level meetings to review the prevailing COVID-19 situation. Due to that, I would not be going to West Bengal.” He was scheduled to deal with 4 conferences, together with one on the Shaheed Minar grounds in Kolkata. There was some discuss that he would possibly maintain a digital rally on Friday, however Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sources refused to verify the identical.
The BJP later mentioned Modi might be addressing voters of West Bengal, significantly these in Malda, Murshidabad, Birbhum and Kolkata, by way of a digital medium at 5 pm on Friday.
Noting that the BJP realises the gravity of the scenario and the rationale for him not having the ability to go to the state in particular person, the get together’s West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh mentioned they requested him to provide one tackle by way of a digital medium to which he agreed.
It’s not clear in the intervening time whether or not the suspension of marketing campaign is just for Friday’s conferences or the remainder of the marketing campaign time for the final two phases of the West Bengal Assembly election.
The BJP and different political events got here beneath sharp criticism after their large rallies and roadshows continued amid skyrocketing COVID-19 circumstances.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had earlier introduced that he wouldn’t undertake campaigning in West Bengal as a result of surge, however the BJP and the Trinamool Congress held massive rallies. Hospitals, particularly within the National Capital Region, have been working out of oxygen and beds, forcing courts to step in.
West Bengal crossed 5 figures in each day circumstances because the election phases handed.
(with inputs from PTI)
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