Kolkata/New Delhi: Rattled by the explosion of Covid-19 cases amidst Assembly elections in West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday cancelled all her poll project in Kolkata and also cut the length of her district rallies to 30 minutes.
The BJP too, singed by criticism over the rising cases and non-adherence to Covid procedures at election rallies, announced that it will decrease the crowd strength at each rally of its star advocates, consisting of Prime Minister Narendra, to a maximum of 500 for the staying 3 poll phases.The move by the Trinamul Congress supremo and the BJP came 2 days after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi cancelled his project in the state.
Ms Banerjee, however, plainly ruled out instant enforcement of either a lockdown or night curfew by her government in the state.
The state saw a new record in day-to-day spike in Covid-19 cases on Monday with 8,426 individuals evaluating positive and 38 dying in the last 24 hours.
On Monday afternoon Ms Banerjee said in Malda, At present 2,000 clients remain in severe condition in the state.
In Greater Kolkata, we will not conduct any huge campaigns.
All will be small in size.
I, myself, will also not project in Kolkata.
I have actually also curtailed my rallies.
On the last day of the survey project, i.e.
April 26, I will hold a small rally just.
Inquired about lockdown or night curfew, like it's being clamped in other states to break the chain of infection, she explained, Absolutely nothing will occur out of the night curfew.
It is not a solution.
We are not enforcing lockdown now.
If it is done all of a sudden, won't the people suffer? Will a lockdown fix the issue? Bus, train and flights are operating.
Lakhs of individuals have come here from outdoors.
I feel that individuals must not be forced into anything.
What can not be done under force is possible through love.
Option is we have to prevent political contamination.
All we require to do is to be careful.
In the evening the BJP, which has been facing flak from rivals and also on the social media for holding huge rallies and roadway shows of its leaders amid the pandemic, declared that it would not hold big survey campaign rallies in the state.
It stated, In West Bengal, the Assembly polls have been underway.
It is also important that this constitutional and democratic process ought to be completed.Keeping it in mind BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda decided that little public meetings with a crowd of not more than 500 individuals will be organised for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other central leaders in West Bengal.
These rallies will be kept in open locations under Covid guidelines in Bengal.
The saffron celebration's declaration followed its national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya tweeted, In view of the Corona infection, instructions have been gotten from the Prime Minister's Workplace to change the kind of the meetings of Hon'ble Prime Minister.
Unique attention needs to be taken for social distancing.
According to BJP sources, Mr Modi addressed 18 campaign rallies for BJP prospects throughout his 12 sees to the state up until now.
In his next go to, the PM is expected to address four rallies: one each in Malda, Murshidabad, Birbhum and Bhowanipore in South Kolkata on April 23, party experts revealed.
He was earlier supposed to deal with 2 rallies in Malda and Murshidabad on April 22, when the state will go to the sixth stage of surveys, and in Bhowanipore and Birbhum on April 24, sources said.The BJP's IT wing head Amit Malviya, who is likewise the celebration's co-incharge for the state, said the BJP would leverage its enormous digital footprint and take the message of Mr Modi and other leaders to lakhs of people.Meanwhile, state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is in house isolation after being available in touch with some who checked positive throughout the campaign.
The state federal government also preponed summer getaway, to be efficient in all schools from Tuesday, after reducing the personnel strength to 50 per cent at public offices.