“Now I have nothing to do. You can sleep with corona by your side. Make it your pillow. I am sorry.”

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

May 30, 2020 03:20 pm | Updated 03:20 pm IST

Blaming the Central government for the rise in COVID-19 cases in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked whether the railways had turned Shramik Special trains into “corona express.”

She said about five lakh migrants had come to the State and about 75,000 through trains. Many such migrants coming from COVID-19 hotspots like Delhi and Maharashtra have been tested positive for the infection.

Expressing her helplessness in containing the spread of the disease, she said, “It is not in my hands any more”. “Now I have nothing to do. You can sleep with corona by your side. Make it your pillow. I am sorry,” she added.

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