chandigarhUpdated: Aug 17, 2020 12:40 ISTLudhiana: Amid the spike in Covid-19 cases in Ludhiana district, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) legislator from Dakha constituency, Manpreet Singh Ayali, has tested positive for coronavirus. He is in home quarantine at his native place, Ayali Khurd, since he tested positive on August 12. On August 7, the Congress MLA from Ludhiana East, Sanjay Talwar, and his four family members tested positive. Local Congress councillors Manpreet Grewal, Rakesh Prashar and Sukhdev Sheera, senior Congress leaders Kamaljit Singh Karwal, Ashok Prashar Pappi and the party’s former district president (rural) Gurdev Lapran have tested positive for the virus in the past. Besides, senior BJP leader Gurdev Sharma Debi, Sunil Moudgill and former district president Ravinder Arora have also tested positive.

Source: Hindustan Times August 17, 2020 07:10 UTC