Bhubaneswar: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has joined a growing list of CMs and political leaders to be infected by COVID-19.
Gehlot tweeted on Thursday that he had tested positive for the virus. He is asymptomatic and in isolation.
कोविड टेस्ट करवाने पर आज मेरी रिपोर्ट भी पॉजिटिव आई है। मुझे किसी तरह के लक्षण नहीं हैं और मैं ठीक महसूस कर रहा हूं। कोविड प्रोटोकॉल का पालन करते हुए मैं आइसोलेशन में रहकर ही कार्य जारी रखूंगा।
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) April 29, 2021
On April 19, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) was found infected. KCR recently campaigned for TRS candidate Nomula Bhagat for the Nagarjuna Sagar Assembly seat bypoll. Bhagat and his family have also tested positive for the virus.
Here are CMs of other states who have contracted coronavirus:
Yogi Adityanath (UP) – April 2021
Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala) – April 2021
Biplab Kumar Deb (Tripura) – April 2021
Vijay Rupani (Gujarat) – February 2021
Pramod Sawant (Goa) – September 2020
BS Yediyurappa (Karnataka) – August 2020, reinfected in April 2021
Shivraj Singh Chouhan (MP) – July 2020
