Bhubaneswar: Another legislator of ruling BJD tested positive for COVID-19 in the state.
The MLA from Talcher Assembly constituency Braja Kishore Pradhan in a social media post stated that his COVID-19 test report had come positive. On doctors’ advice, he has been hospitalised.
The legislator requested the people who had come in contact with him recently to undergo the necessary test.
More than 20 MLAs of the party including two from Bhubaneswar have been afflicted by the disease. Besides, six ministers including Sushanta Singh, Tukuni Sahu and Arun Sahoo have contracted the virus.