Senior Leader of the Congress party Ahmed Patel is positive for COVID -19. Mr. Patel tweeted that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and requested all the people to self-isolate who came in close contact with him.
The Congress leader was recently seen in the concluded Parliament session, where he was seen opposing the farm Bills in Rajya Sabha.
Many Congress leaders, including Abhishek Singhvi and Tarun Gogoi, have tested positive for COVID-19. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, and Pralhad Patel have also been infected with COVID-19.
The Parliament monsoon session both Upper and the Lower House was cut short by 8 days, with a majority of the MPs flagging concerns over the spread of the virus. Several MPs had tested positive for COVID-19 during the routine tests in the Parliament while Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi had succumbed to the infection on September 23.
The country’s COVID-19 tally has crossed the 63-lakh mark on Thursday with a spike of 86,821 new cases and 1,181 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
