Madhu Shrivastava tests Covid-19 positive

Vadodara: BJP MLA from Waghodiya and chairman of Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation, Madhu Shrivastava, tested positive for Covid-19. He was admitted to a private hospital in the city for treatment.

One of Shrivastava’s staff members had tested positive for the infection earlier and passed away. Shrivastava had been exercising precautions ever since the staffer who was also a close aide tested positive.

Shrivastava is the second MLA from the district to have tested positive from Vadodara district. Earlier, Savli MLA Ketan Inamdar had also tested positive along with some of his family members.

Akshay Patel, who had recently resigned as the MLA from Karjan to defect from the Congress to the BJP, is also amongst the list of prominent leaders from the district who have tested positive. Former Karjan MLA, Satish Patel, who had held the seat before Akshay was also infected by the virus.

In the city, Vadodara Municipal Corporation standing committee chairman, Satish Patel, had tested positive for Covid-19 recently. At least five corporators have also been found suffering from Covid-19 so far.

Veteran Congress leader Maulin Vaishnav and Congress spokesperson Narendra Ravat, his wife and corporator Ami Ravat have also been infected by the virus.


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