BJP’s election campaign in Bihar was hit hard on Thursday with Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and former Union Minister and star campaigner Shahnawaz Hussain announcing on their own about having tested positive.
The status of State’s Health Minister Mangal Pandey and former Union Ministers Rajiv Pratap Rudy has not been confirmed but reports said the two have gone in isolation.
The instances of the BJP leaders testing positive coincidentally came on a day when their party in its poll manifesto promised to provide free vaccination to the State’s residents.
“Tested positive for corona. All parameters perfectly normal. Started with mild temp. No temp for last 2 days. Admitted to AIIMS Patna for better monitoring. CT scan of lungs normal. Will be back soon for campaigning,” Sushil Modi tweeted.
Shahnawaz, who had addressed rallies a couple of days ago, also took to Twitter to announce: “I had come in contact with a few people who tested positive for Covid 19. I got myself tested today & my report has come positive. Request all who came in contact with me in last few days, kindly get yourself tested according to Govt guidelines. I have admitted myself into AIIMS trauma centre. I am feeling fine, nothing to worry about.”
The number of Covid cases in Bihar stands at 2.08 lakh, of which a little over 11,000 are active cases. The State has so far carried out over 95 lakh tests and there have been 1019 deaths due to the infection.