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

Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay will be present in the meeting, they said.

Updated - April 08, 2021 02:31 pm IST - Kolkata:

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses an election campaign rally for the Assembly polls, at Baneswar in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal on April 7, 2021.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses an election campaign rally for the Assembly polls, at Baneswar in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal on April 7, 2021.

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. Ms. 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.

Published - April 08, 2021 02:30 pm IST

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