NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, NOV 20
The ruling BJP in Gujarat has decided to postpone its two-day ”Chintan Shivir” (brainstorming session), which was scheduled to begin on November 21, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a party spokesperson said on Friday.
પ્રદેશ ઉપાધ્યક્ષ અને પ્રશિક્ષણ વર્ગના ઇન્ચાર્જ શ્રી @BhargavBhatt9 જી, શ્રી @gpzadafia જી અને પ્રદેશ પ્રવક્તા શ્રી @bharatpandyabjp જી સહિતના પ્રદેશ હોદ્દેદારશ્રીઓ અને આગેવાનશ્રીઓ પણ ઉપસ્થિત રહ્યા. pic.twitter.com/oizYEZqXw6
— C R Paatil (Modi Ka Parivar) (@CRPaatil) November 20, 2020
State BJP president C R Paatil was supposed to chair the two-day session in Gandhinagar, and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and his deputy Nitin Patel were also scheduled to attend, state BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya said.
“It’s an old tradition in the BJP to organise Chintan Shivirs to discuss issues concerning people, about the party’s organisation and elections.
પ્રદેશ કાર્યાલય ‘શ્રી કમલમ’ ખાતે જિલ્લા અને મહાનગરના પ્રમુખશ્રીઓ, પ્રભારીશ્રીઓ અને પ્રશિક્ષણ વર્ગના ઇન્ચાર્જશ્રી-સહઇન્ચાર્જશ્રીઓની બૃહદ બેઠક યોજી. pic.twitter.com/zIRTgc7m8Y
— C R Paatil (Modi Ka Parivar) (@CRPaatil) November 20, 2020
Because of the present coronavirus situation, we have decided to postpone the session for now,” Pandya said.
The session will be held at an appropriate time in the future, he added.
Gujarat has been witnessing a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of this month.
Over 1,300 fresh cases were detected on Thursday, of which the Ahmedabad district alone recorded 246 infections.
Gandhinagar district also reported 80 new cases in 24 hours till 5 pm on Thursday.
To contain the viral spread in Ahmedabad city, authorities have announced a 57-hour weekend curfew from 9 pm on Friday till 6 am on Monday. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said that apart from Ahmedabad night curfew is being imposed in Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara from 9 pm to 6 am until further notice
Meanwhile, the Centre is sending a high-level team to Gujarat to provide necessary guidance to the local authorities regarding containment, surveillance, testing, and efficient clinical management of COVID-19 cases.
The health ministry on Thursday said Dr S K Singh, director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) will be leading the team, which will visit districts with a high number of infections.
