After Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Speaker Gian Chand Gupta and two BJP MLAs tested positive for Covid-19, state transport minister Mool Chand Sharma was also diagnosed with coronavirus infection on Tuesday, the eve of the monsoon session of the assembly.
With Chand Sharma the latest BJP leader to test positive, Covid-19 has cast its shadow on the assembly session that gets underway at 2pm on Wednesday.
Deputy speaker Ranbir Gangwa will preside over the assembly proceedings in Gupta’s absence.
Ratia BJP legislator Lakshman Napa and his Indri counterpart Ram Kumar Kashyap tested positive on Monday, while Ambala City BJP MLA Aseem Goel tested positive on August 21.
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