Mamata Banerjee Cancels Poll Meetings Citing Election Commission Order Mamata Banerjee Cancels Poll Meetings Citing Election Commission Order The announcement came after the poll panel barred public rallies, foot marches, and roadshows ahead of the last two rounds of the assembly elections.
Mamata Banerjee s announcement came hours after the poll panel barred public rallies and roadshows.
New Delhi:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today cancelled all her remaining poll meetings citing an Election Commission order issued earlier in the day. She will now reach out to people virtually, the Trinamool founder said. 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. We will be sharing the updated schedule of the virtual meetings shortly, she tweeted late in the evening today.
Sitaram Yechury s elder son succumbs to Covid in Gurgaon hospital PM, Bengal CM expresses grief, family in shock
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his son Ashish died of COVID-19 in the morning.
Ashish, a journalist by profession who would have celebrated his 35th birthday on June 9, was recovering well at Gurgaon s Medanta Hospital, people close to the family added. They described his sudden death at 5.30 am after a two-week battle with the disease as a shock. It is with great sadness that I have to inform that I lost my elder son Ashish Yechury to COVID-19 this morning. I want to thank all those who gave us hope and who treated him - doctors, nurses, frontline health workers, sanitation workers and innumerable others who stood by us, Yechury said on Twitter.
As Covid surges, Modi calls off Bengal rallies
April 22, 2021
PM will be chairing a high-level meeting to review the Covid-19 situation
With a second wave of Covid-19 infections engulfing the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled all his rallies after the sixth phase of polling on Thursday.
Voter turnout in Phase VI – when 43 constituencies in North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Uttar Dinajpur and Purba Bardhaman went to polls – was 79.09 per cent. “Voters set an example of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour following due protocols of sanitisation and social distancing,” said the Election Commission. The Commission monitored 7,466 out of the 14,480 polling stations through webcasting. Drones were used to keep watch over the process.
NEW DELHI: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his elder son Ashish died of COVID-19 in the morning.
Ashish was recovering well at Gurgaon s Medanta Hospital, people close to the family added, describing his sudden death at 5.30 am after a two-week battle with the disease as a shock, news agency
PTI said.
Times of India in Delhi, before moving to Pune.
The 68-year-old politician, in a statement, said on Twitter, It is with great sadness that I have to inform that I lost my elder son, Ashish Yechury to COVID-19 this morning. I want to thank all those who gave us hope and who treated him - doctors, nurses, frontline health workers, sanitation workers and innumerable others who stood by us.
April 22, 2021
Communist Party of India (Marxist) s general secretary Sitaram Yechury
NEW DELHI The eldest son of an Indian leader passed away after suffering from COVID-19 on Thursday morning.
Ashish, the 34-year-old eldest son of Communist Party of India (Marxist) s general secretary Sitaram Yechury, was in an ICU in Gurgaon near Delhi for nearly 10 days after the infection spread to his lungs.
The CPM leader made the announcement on Twitter and thanked all those who gave them hope and treated him. It is with great sadness that I have to inform that I lost my elder son, Ashish Yechury to