Patna: The novel coronavirus pandemic has reached the doorsteps of Bihar administration after senior BJP leader Awadhesh Narain Singh, who is the acting Chairman of Bihar Vidhan Parishad tested positive for COVID-19.
On Saturday, the BJP leader along with his family members were taken to AIIMS Patna for treatment. A total of seven people including Awadhesh Singh have tested positive so far.
According to reports, Awadhesh Singh was in attendance along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi during the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected council members.
Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary, parliamentary affairs minister Shravan Kumar, health minister Mangal Pandey, PHED minister Vinod Narayan Jha, the ruling party’s whip Reena Yadav, the RJD’s MLAs Abdul Bari Siddiqui and Bhola Yadav, Congress MLC Prem Chandra Mishra and many other former MLCs were present at the event.
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