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PM Modi pulls up CM Kejriwal for televising meeting on Covid situation

During the meeting, Kejriwal warned that a dire tragedy could be on the cards as major hospitals face oxygen shortage

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Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed his displeasure over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s decision to telecast his comments live during a meeting the PM was holding with 10 CMs on the pandemic situation.
 
“This is strictly against our tradition, our protocol... that some Chief Minister is showing a live telecast of an in-house meeting… This is not ap­propriate. One should alw­ays maintain restraint,” Modi said.
 
During the meeting, Kejriwal warned that a dire tragedy could be on the cards as major hospitals face oxygen shortage. The CM also objected to different rates being charged to state

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