President's visit to Jabalpur postponed citing 'unavoidable circumstances'

Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): The scheduled visit of President Ramnath Kovind to the convocation ceremony of Jabalpur's Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya has been postponed due to "unavoidable circumstances".

"Due to unavoidable circumstances the visit of Honourable President to Madhya Pradesh (Jabalpur) scheduled on March 20 and March 21 stands postponed," said a letter from Rashtrapati Bhavan to Vice-Chancellor of Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya.

President Kovind was scheduled to be a part of the 32nd Convocation of the Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya.

As per the speculation, it may be possible that the scheduled visit has been cancelled due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic originated from Wuhan in China, has infected 110,337 people in more than 90 countries in nearly three months.

(With inputs from IANS and PTI)