About 17 Lok Sabha MPs and 9 Rajya Sabha MPs have tested positive for Corona virus before they could get a go-ahead to attend the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which began on Monday.
BJP had the most number of Covid positive members at 14 12 Lok Sabha and 2 from Rajya Sabha. The tests were conducted on Sunday and Monday. As per protocols set by ministry of health and family welfare, an MP had to get himself tested 48 to 72 hours before the session. A negative report was made mandatory for the member to attend Parliament.
As per Lok Sabha secretariat sources, 12 BJP MPs, 2 from YSR Congress and one each from Shiv Sena, DMK and RLP tested positive. In Rajya Sabha, two MPs each from BJP and Congress and one each from AIADMK, TRS, AAP and Trinamool Congress tested positive.
After their positive reports, MPs took to social media to share their health status. BJPs Meenakshi Lekhi and Sukanta Majumdar tweeted their positive status. BJPs Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal tweeted his positive report of the test done in Parliament Complex and said he repeated the test at SMS Hospital Jaipur where he tested negative. Which report should be believed? he asked on Twitter.
After the routine Parliament test for COVID & genome test its confirmed that I have tested positive for the virus. https://t.co/ZNC7FkByBM
— Meenakashi Lekhi (@M_Lekhi) 1600079063000read more
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