The ongoing meet the minister programme at the state Congress headquarters stands suspended until March 31, state Congress communications wing chief said on Tuesday.

State general secretary and chairman Communication Wing, Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said the meet the minister programme has been suspended following the Union government’s advisory in view of the coronavirus scare.

The Chhattisgarh Congress leadership had made it mandatory that ministers in the Bhupesh Baghel government must be present the ‘meet the minister’ programmes according to the scheduled meetings for each ministers on a turn-by-turn basis.

The ministers had to interact with Congress workers and common people at the programme resolve their grievances.