The announcement came hours before the monsoon session of the Haryana assembly gets underway in Chandigarh. Bhupeshwar Dayal, the officer on special duty with the Haryana chief minister, tweeted that he has also tested positive for Covid-19. Karnal BJP MP Sanjay Bhatia and the party MLA from Gharaunda Harvinder Kalyan have also tweeted that they had tested positive for coronavirus. Haryana transport minister Mool Chand Sharma tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, the eve of the assembly’s monsoon session in Chandigarh. BJP MLAs Lakshman Napa, Ram Kumar Kashyap and Aseem Goel have also tested positive as have six assembly staffers, officials said.

Source: Hindustan Times August 26, 2020 06:33 UTC