Delhi: 25 MPs Tested Covid Positive, as Parliament Session Begins, including seventeen Lok Sabha and eight Rajya Sabha members in the compulsory tests carried out before the monsoon session of parliament began this morning.
Sources said altogether, 56 people tested positive during the RT-PCR Tests carried out in the parliament building complex by September 12. The other 31 includes officials, media persons etc.
Among the infected Lok Sabha MPs, 12 from the BJP, 2 from YSR Congress and one each from Shiv Sena, DMK and RLP.
Among the Lok Sabha MPs to test positive are as follows:
- BJP, Meenakshi Lekhi
- BJP, Sukanta Majumdar
- BJP, Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuria
- BJP, Anant Kumar Hegde
- BJP, Janardan Singh Sigriwal
- BJP, Bidyut Baran Mahato
- BJP, Pradan Baruah
- BJP, Pratap Rao Patil
- BJP, Dr. Ram Shankar Katheria
- BJP, Parvesh Sahib Singh
- BJP, Dr. Satya Pal Singh
- BJP, Rodmal Nagar
- YRSC, Goddeti Madhavi
- YRSC, N. Reddeppa
- Shiv Sena, Pratap Rao Jadav
- DMK, Selvam. G
- RLP, Hanuman Beniwal
The seven Rajya Sabha members who tested positive including two each from the Congress and the BJP and one each from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the Aam Aadmi Party.
Around 200 of the totals 785 MPs (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) are above the age of 65 years and are among the population exposed to coronavirus.
Earlier, at least seven Union ministers and around 25 MPs and MLAs had contracted the disease. Among them was Union home minister Amit Shah, who underwent a thorough medical check-up before the parliament session started.
The parliament session is being held amid the massive safety measures that include staggered seating of the MPs in chambers of both Houses to maintain physical distancing. A mobile app has been introduced to register their attendance and seats in the house have been separated with poly-carbon sheets.
Ahead of the session, all members were requested to get themselves tested for COVID-19.
The kits, provided by prepared by defense research organization DRDO, disposable masks, N-95 masks, sanitizers, face shields, gloves, herbal sanitation wipes and tea bags to enhance immunity. Each kit also contains a Covid safety manual for the MPs.
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