New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the chief ministers of eight north-eastern states on Tuesday to discuss the Covid-19 situation amid concerns over the coronavirus numbers in the region. Official sources said Modi will interact with the chief ministers of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram via video conferencing.
While most parts of the country have seen a steady decline in the Covid numbers, the northeast region has been a cause of concern with the number of cases either rising or not falling in line with the nationwide trend, experts have noted.
Erlier today, Modi lauded the BJP's Delhi unit for its initiative to connect party workers with his official mobile application, popularly known as NaMo App, and said he was eager to interact with them via the medium. The Delhi BJP has started #NaMoAppAbhiyaan across the city with an aim to get every party worker on the NaMo app. Tagging a Delhi BJP tweet on the initiative, Modi tweeted, "Appreciable endeavour by @BJP4Delhi. Dear Karyakartas, I am sure this will be a constructive experience, which will further motivate you all to contribute effectively."
"Will be eager to interact with you via the App as well," he said.
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He is scheduled to chair a meeting with the Council of Ministers on Wednesday (July 14), said sources. This will be PM Modi's second meeting with the Council of Ministers after the Union Cabinet reshuffle on July 7. A day after the expansion of the Union Cabinet, the Prime Minister had back-to-back meetings with the union cabinet and council of ministers on Thursday.
In the meeting on July 1, sources said that Prime Minister had cautioned Ministers against any complacency in the fight against COVID-19, saying that over the past few days there have been pictures and videos of crowded places and people roaming about without masks or social distancing and "it should instil a sense of fear in us". The sources said the Prime Minister noted that people not following COVID-19 protocols was not a "pleasant sight".
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