CPI demands postponement of National Youth Festival
The Hindu
The party said, in view of the rising threat of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the festival should be postponed
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has requested the Union government to postpone the scheduled conduct of the National Youth Festival in Puducherry on January 12.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday, CPI secretary, A. M Saleem, said holding of the festival in the middle of a pandemic would put the lives of people at risk. The Centre itself had warned the States of the threat due to the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. The States and Union Territories have been asked by the Centre to ramp up health infrastructure to deal with the probable rise in COVID-19 cases due to Omicron, he said.
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