Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kapil Patil has been tested positive for the coronavirus. Patil is an MP from Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency and has been appointed as one of the Vice Presidents of BJP’s Maharashtra unit.
It is learnt that along with Patil, his family members including his wife, sons, daughter, nephew and daughters-in-law have also been tested COVID-19 positive. The BJP MP informed that his family has been active in lending support to people during the lockdown period.
The media reports suggest that Patil’s wife tested COVID-19 positive a week ago after which 10 of his family members got tested. Of the 10 swab tests, seven of them were tested positive for the coronavirus including Patil himself.
Patil’s wife is admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai and is undergoing treatment while the BJP MP has home quarantined himself as he is asymptomatic. During the lockdown, Bhiwani witnessed a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases after which Patil and his family extended help to locals and reached out to people in surrounding areas as well.
On June 1, Geeta Jain, an Independent Member of the legislative assembly in Maharashtra, was tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday. She is an MLA from the Mira-Bhayandar assembly constituency and is currently under home quarantine.
Recently, Jain expressed that she was feeling better and was recovering from COVID-19. However, the MLA says that she has no idea how she contracted the virus. Bharat Jain, the husband of the former Mayor of Mira-Bhayandar, had informed earlier that she was actively working in the red zones.
Earlier, three cabinet ministers in the Uddhav Thackeray government were tested COVID-19 positive. However, they were discharged from hospital after recovering from COVID-19.
Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad was the first cabinet minister to get infected followed by Ashok Chavan and Dhananjay Munde. The trio recovered from COVID-19 and have taken resumed their ministerial work.
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