NEW DELHI: As the coronavirus outbreak spreads, PM Modi and top BJP functionaries, including home minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda, on Wednesday said they would not attend any Holi functions this year.President Ram Nath Kovind ’s office too tweeted that Rashtrapati Bhavan will not hold the traditional Holi gathering as a precautionary measure as with “alertness and safeguards, we all can help contain the outbreak of Covid-19”. Holi is on March 10.“Experts have advised to reduce mass gatherings to avoid the spread of Covid-19 novel coronavirus. Hence this year, I have decided not to participate in any ‘Holi Milan’ programme,” Modi tweeted. Nadda and Shah said they too would not participate in any Holi function. Nadda also asked all state unit chiefsto not hold Holi events.“I have decided not to participate in any Holi Milan celebration this year. I also appeal to everyone to avoid public gatherings,” tweeted Shah, whose March 15 rally has also been postponed. Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said he was cancelling the Holi Milan programme scheduled at Miller School in Patna. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath also said he would not take part in Holi in “public interest”.