PM Narendra Modi cancels West Bengal rallies tomorrow; to hold high level meetings on COVID situation

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took to Twitter to announce that he would be cancelling his campaigning trip to West Bengal tomorrow and instead hold high-level meetings with authorities over the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country,

“Tomorrow, will be chairing high-level meetings to review the prevailing #COVID19 situation. Due to that, I would not be going to West Bengal,” tweeted PM Modi, who is the prime member campaigning for Bhartiya Janata Party in West Bengal elections.

PM Modi has been holding several virtual interactions and high-level meetings with state and central ministers, leading doctors and pharma companies in order to come out with solutions for the rampant increase in Covid-19 cases in the country.

The meetings also threw light on the prime minister’s orders to boost Covid-19 vaccination in the country as well by allowing everyone above 18 years of age to get the jab from 1 May, 2021.