Mamata Banerjee Likely To Skip Meeting Called By PM Over Covid Situation

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will skip the meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday with all chief ministers to discuss the Covid-19 situation and vaccination drive.

Mamata Banerjee has cited her election campaign in poll-bound West Bengal as the reason for her unavailability. Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay will attend the Covid-19 review meeting.

The West Bengal CM had skipped the last meeting called by the Centre on March 17 as well.

The prime minister's second interaction with chief ministers within a month comes as Covid-19 cases in the country breached the 1-lakh mark thrice in four days. Covid-19 cases in India hit a record daily high on Thursday, with 1,26,789 new infections being reported.