April 22, 2021
New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cancelled his visit to West Bengal on Friday for a string of rallies in view of the worsening Covid situation.
“Tomorrow, I will be chairing high-level meetings to review the prevailing Covid-19 situation. Due to that, I would not be going to West Bengal,” the Prime Minister said, in a tweet.
The BJP had earlier decided not to hold big rallies in West Bengal and announced that it would instead hold small public meetings of not more than 500 people to be addressed by Prime Minister Modi and senior party leaders. In a statement, the BJP had said that all these small public meetings will be organised in open spaces in full compliance with the Covid guidelines.
“Assembly polls in West Bengal are going on and the completion of this constitutional and democratic process is also very important. Keeping this in mind, BJP chief J.P. Nadda, has decided that only in West Bengal, small public meetings of all the central leaders including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be held in which not more than 500 persons will be allowed to attend,” the BJP said in a statement.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had already announced cancellation of big rallies.
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