- By Liz Mathew and Avaneesh Mishra
THE threat of coronavirus infection reached Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament on Friday, with BJP MP Dushyant Singh announcing he was self-quarantining himself after attending a party in Lucknow attended by a Bollywood singer who has tested positive. Two other MPs, Anupriya Patel and the Trinamool’s Derek O’Brien, who came in touch with him, have gone into self-isolation.
An MP from Jhalawar-Baran in Rajasthan, Dushyant was present at a party thrown by a nephew of former MP Akbar Ahmad Dumpy in Lucknow on March 15, also attended by singer Kanika Kapoor, along with mother and former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje. Kanika flew back from London a few days ago and tested positive on Friday, four days after the Lucknow party.
Dushyant, who has not been tested, was attending Parliament till Friday, and mingled with other…