West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday cancelled her pre-scheduled meetings in Bengal to its rest periods of meeting surveys in light of this Election Commission‘s sequence and the spike at COVID-19 events in the nation.

“At the aftermath of an escalation at COVID-19 cases throughout the nation and this ECI order dated April 22, 2021, I’m cancelling all of my pre-scheduled meetings and we’ll reach out into the individuals virtually. We’ll be discussing the updated program of these digital meetings fleetingly,” she said in a tweet.

The Election Commission banned road shows, Padyatras (Hurry ) and large public meetings at poll-bound West Bengal in Thursday day in the aftermath of a spike in COVID instances )

“The Commission has noticed with distress that lots of political parties/candidates remain not sticking with the prescribed safety criteria throughout people parties and also this really is making it hard for that state/district election machineries to apply the instructions thoroughly.

“The commission invoking its authority under article 324 farther dictates which with effect from 22 pm of April 2-2 at their country of West Bengal no more roadshow/padyatra will likely be rearranged. No more cycle/bike/vehicle muster will likely be rearranged. No people meeting past the limitation of 500 persons in a location subject to accessibility with sufficient distance with social distancing, staying with COVID-19 security criteria will be more tolerable,” the order said.

Polling to its first phase of the eight-phased West Bengal elections concluded on Thursday having a approximate voter-turnout of 79.09 percent till 5 pm.

Polling to its eighth and seventh periods will likely be held April 26 and 29 as the counting of votes will occur on May 2.

West Bengal reported 10,784 brand new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, in accordance with this state health department. The amount of active cases from the country stands in 63,496.