West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Thursday that all her prescheduled public meetings stand cancelled as the state logged 11,948 new Covid-19 cases today.
Up to 56 fatalities were reported, too.CM Banerjee's decision comes less than an hour after the Election Commission of India issued an order, restricting the number of people allowed to attend a public meeting to 500.Taking to Twitter, CM Banerjee said that she will reach out to the people virtually.
She will be sharing the updated schedule of the virtual meetings shortly."In the wake of upsurge in #COVID19 cases across the country and the ECI Order dated 22nd April, 2021, I am cancelling all my prescheduled meetings and we will reach out to the people virtually.