NCP minister Dhananjay Munde tests positive for coronavirus
Vaibavi Jayakumar
Dhananjay Munde at the Vidhan Bhavan for the second day of Maharashtra Legislature special three-day session to pass the state Goods and Services Tax (SGST) bill. The legislature will pass three bills - the main 116-page SGST Act, a bill related to the Compensation to Local Authorities and a bill on to the existing state laws that are to be repealed when the SGST comes into effect from July 1. This is for the first time that the Legislature will have a sitting on a Sunday that is May 21. Express photo by Amit Chakravarty, 21th May 2017, Mumbai. *** Local Caption *** Dhananjay Munde at the Vidhan Bhavan for the second day of Maharashtra Legislature special three-day session to pass the state Goods and Services Tax (SGST) bill. The legislature will pass three bills - the main 116-page SGST Act, a bill related to the Compensation to Local Authorities and a bill on to the existing state laws that are to be repealed when the SGST comes into effect from July 1. This is for the first time that the Legislature will have a sitting on a Sunday that is May 21. Express photo by Amit Chakravarty, 21th May 2017, Mumbai.
Maharashtra’s cabinet minister Dhananjay Munde has tested positive for COVID-19 infection. He has been admitted for treatments in the hospital, becoming the third minister of Maharashtra to test positive after Ashok Chavan and Jitendra Awhad. Munde had only recently attended the cabinet meeting as well as the party’s foundation day celebrations in Ballard Pier.
Sources report that he had displayed symptoms of COVID-19 infection and was immediately admitted at the Breach Candy hospital on Friday morning. Notably, a few staff members in Munde’s office had also been tested positive, despite being asymptomatic.
With three ministers testing positive already, some senior ones in the government have decided to remain indoors for the next few days.
As a COVID-19 precautionary measure, the Maharashtra cabinet has been avoiding large assemblies. The cabinet meetings are also being held through video conferencing with minimum number of people available at one location.
