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Mamata Banerjee to skip meeting called by PM Modi with CMs to discuss Covid-19 situation in India

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjeee will be busy campaigning for the ongoing assembly elections in the state, the sources said.

Published: 08th April 2021 02:01 PM  |   Last Updated: 08th April 2021 02:01 PM   |  A+A A-

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (Photo | PTI)

By PTI

KOLKATA: 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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