INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy
(Photo: Twitter/@JCMBJP)Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy tested positive for the novel coronavirus on
Monday.The private hospital, where he was admitted, said that Madhuswamy tested coronavirus positive.Madhuswamy underwent the Covid-19 test
after his driver and cook contracted the virus infection, his associates said.Madhuswamy had attended the recently concluded Karnataka
Assembly session.Prior to him, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol and Gandhinagar MLA Dinesh Gundu Rao had tested positive for
coronavirus.Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, Health Minister B Sriramulu, Forest Minister Anand Singh, Tourism Minister CT Ravi,
Agriculture Minister B C Patil, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah and Congress state chief D K Shivakumar are among those who tested
positive for the virus and and recovered.Suresh Angadi, who was the Minister of State for Railways and the Belagavi MP, BJP Rajya Sabha
member Ashok Gasti and Basavakalyan Congress MLA B Narayan Rao had died of coronavirus infection.Some former public representatives had also
died of Covid-19 in Karnataka.(With inputs from PTI)
