BJP national president JP Nadda on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rallies in the ‘new Covid-19 format’ in poll-bound West Bengal.
In view of the alarming surge in coronavirus cases across the country in the recent weeks, the BJP has decided to hold only small public meetings with not more than 500 people in poll-bound West Bengal.
The party has suspended the big rallies and public meetings in remaining three of the eight-phased polling in Bengal.
“It has been decided that only small public meetings with not more than 500 people will be held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Union Ministers in West Bengal. All these public meetings will be held in open spaces following Covid-19 guidelines,” according to a BJP statement.
The party has set a target of the distribution of six crore masks and sanitisers in West Bengal.
Dedicated Covid-19 helplines have been installed by the party in all the states and workers have been asked to provide help to the corona infected families in their respective areas, according to Party General Secretary Arun Singh.
On the direction of party president, BJP will also open a dedicated Covid-19 helpdesk and Covid helpline in all states and start the campaign ‘Apna Booth - Corona Mukt’ (my booth, coronavirus free).
The first five phases of the eight-phase West Bengal Assembly elections have been completed. The sixth phase of the State Assembly polls is scheduled for April 22. Polling for the seventh and the eighth phase will be held on April 26 and April 29. The counting of votes will take place on May 2. India reported 2,59,170 new COVID-19 infections and 1,761 deaths in the last 24 hours.