As Madhya Pradesh Capital faces a massive outbreak of covid-19 virus at record 246 in past 24 hours, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party members are constantly getting infected. After Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reported infected last Saturday, party organisational general secretary and others too have been knocked down by the virus.
Water Resources Minister and a close aide of Jyotiraditya Scindia, Tulsi Silawat was reported infected along with his wife on Tuesday night. Silawat announced this on twitter saying despite having no symptoms, he got tested on the appeal of CM Chouhan and his repot declared him positive.
Silawat in the last four-five days was busy campaigning for upcoming for bypoll in Sanwer constituency and was also engaged in discussions with officers from Indore.
Scindia too has been tested positive ahead of RS polls but had recovered from the virus assault.
Besides, BJP state organisational general secretary Suhas Bhagat and Bhopal organisational secretary Ashutosh Tiwari have also been tested positive for the lethal virus. Bhagat who had gone to Lucknow with CM Chouhan for late Governor Lalji Tandon’s funeral had tested negative in first report but his second report tested him positive.
The two had flown to Lucknow in a plane with Co-operative minister Arvind Bhadauria who had later tested positive. After Chouhan had reported infection, he had urged all those who met him recently to get them tested as a precautionary measure. A day ago, BJP Piparia MLA Thakur Das Nagwanshi too had tested positive.
On Tuesday, family and staffers of Rewa MLA Girish Gautam have reported infection so as staffers of minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia a few days ago. To add, Chouhan had convened cabinet meeting and had one-on-one meeting with the ministers on July 22 and 23.
Among others who have tested positive in the past include Congress MLA Kunal Chaudhary, Dhar MLA Neena Verma, her husband and former union minister Vikram Verma, Congress MLA from Jabalpur Lakhan Ghanghoria, minister Om Prakash Saklecha, Sirmaur MLA Divyaraj Singh and Tikamgarh MLA Vikram Singh.