When the monsoon session of Parliament began on Monday, 25 members of both Houses tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). While 17 Lok Sabha MPs have contracted the disease, up to eight members of the Rajya Sabha were found to be infected.
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said it has carried out tests on more than 2,500 samples from members of Parliament and other officials “on the warpath” over the weekend.
The reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test would continue until next week for members of Parliament, officials said.
Here is a list of the 25 MPs who are positive for Covid-19:
Lok Sabha members
1.Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuria- BJP
2.Hanuman Beniwal – BJP
3.Meenakshi Lekhi – BJP
4.Sukanata Majumdar – BJP
5.Anant Kumar Hegde – BJP
6.Goddeti Madhavi – YSRC
7 Pratap Rao Jadav – Shiv Sena
8.Janardan Singh – BJP
9.Bidyut Baran Mahato- BJP
10.Pradhan Baruah- BJP
11.N Reddeppa – YSRC
12 Selvam G – DMK
13.Pratap Rao Patil – BJP
14 Ram Shankar Katheria – BJP
15 Parvesh Sahib Singh – BJP
16.- Satya Pal Singh – BJP
17.Rodmal Nagar – BJP
Rajya Sabha members
1.Deepender Singh Hooda – Congress
2.Naranbhai J. Rathwa – Congress
3.A Navneethakrishnan – AIADMK
4.Ashok Gasti – BJP
5.Abhay Bhardwaj – BJP
6.Sushil Kumar Gupta – AAP
7.V. Lakshmikantha Rao – TRS
8 Shanta Chhetri – AITC
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