New Delhi: As many as seventeen members of the parliament ( Lok Sabha) have reportedly been tested positive for coronavirus in the tests that was carried out before the start of the monsoon session of parliament this morning.
According to reports, maximum 12 are from BJP, while two MPs from YSR Congress, and one each from Shiv Sena, DMK and RLP one each.
After the routine Parliament test for COVID & genome test it’s confirmed that I have tested positive for the virus. I am currently in good health & spirits. I request everyone who has been recently in contact with me to get tested. Together We will fight & defeat Corona??
— Meenakashi Lekhi (@M_Lekhi) September 14, 2020
Earlier, at least seven Union ministers and around 25 MPs and MLAs had contracted the disease.