Updated Feb 24, 2021 | 17:54 IST
The West Bengal chief minister has sought the prime minister s intervention in procuring Covid-19 vaccine by the state government to vaccinate people for free. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | Photo Credit: ANI
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his help in procuring the Covid-19 vaccines by the state government to vaccinate people free of cost.
In her letter, Banerjee said: “We have embarked upon the COVID vaccination programme in right earnest. All the health workers, police workers, municipal workers, revenue workers and other frontline workers are being covered by COVID vaccination at a rapid pace. In fact, West Bengal being an election-going State, we are required to reach out practically to every government and para-statal employee on an urgent basis to make the election safe.”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his help in procuring COVID-19 vaccines in the state.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to PM Modi on vaccinations for all people
Kolkata:
With polls now just weeks away, the Bengal government wants to provide coronavirus vaccines free of cost to all people. to make the election safe and has requested the centre s support in purchasing the required number of doses on top priority basis .
On Wednesday afternoon Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to point out that while government and parastatal employees who will be involved in the conduct of the election were being vaccinated, lakhs of voters were not. West Bengal. being an election-going state. we are required to reach out to every government and parastatal employee on an urgent basis to make the election safe. The worrying point is. people in general will be forced to go to polling stations without vaccination, Ms Banerjee wrote.
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