Kolkata, April 23: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped Friday’s meeting of CMs with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the COVID-19 situation, sources said.
Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay represented the state at the review meeting, which was held via video conference, they said. Banerjee had earlier skipped a few similar meetings as she was busy campaigning for the ongoing assembly elections. PM Narendra Modi Holds Meeting with Chief Ministers of High COVID-19 Burden States.
Meanwhile, the West Bengal government has constituted a six-member apex task force under Bandyopadhyay to supervise activities of coordinators and observers overseeing the COVID-19 situation in the state, an official said. Till Thursday, the state’s coronavirus tally stood at 7,00,904 and the death toll at 10,766.
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