Gujarat Assembly: Day before session begins, 4 MLAs test positive for Covid-19

By: Express News Service | Gandhinagar |

September 21, 2020 1:18:35 am





Around 17 BJP MLAs – including Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel – are yet to undergo Covid-19 testing. (Representational)

On the eve of the five-day monsoon session of the Gujarat Assembly, four MLAs – one of the ruling BJP and three of the Opposition Congress – tested positive for Covid-19 during the mandatory testing for the session on Sunday. Following this, the four MLAs will not be able to attend the session that is being held with several precautionary measures put in place by the Speaker.

According to the Chief Whip of Congress Legislative Party, Ashwin Kotwal, the three Congress MLAs who tested positive for Covid-19 include…

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