Super COVID spreader! Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge who inaugurated Mekedatu Padayatra tests COVID positive

Bengaluru, Jan 13: : In a major concern, Congress member and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, who attended Karnataka Congress' Mekedatu Padayatra, has now tested positive for COVID-19. He is currently asymptomatic and is under home isolation.

 

 

Mallikarjun Kharge was one of the political leaders who inaugurated the Mekedatu Padayatra on Sunday. It should be noted, that Kharge is reportedly the third party leader who tested positive after attending the Padyatra. Earlier, Prior to him, two other leaders including former minister HM Revanna and MLC CM Ibrahim had tested positive after attending the inauguration of the 10-day long march.

 

The report of the two Congress leaders had come a day after state party Chief DK Shivakumar had refused to get tested despite having symptoms He was found coughing publicly while leading the padayatra protest against the Mekedatu dam. While speaking to the media, Congress leader DK Shivakumar had said, "Where is COVID? There is no COVID. The government has been manipulating the numbers (COVID-19 cases) to create a scare among the public and scuttle our Padayatra.

 

 

 

It should be noted state administration has filed an FIR against as many as 31 of them including the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge for violating the covid norms.

 

The Bengaluru civic authorities canceled the permission granted to Congress to use the Basavanagudi college grounds for the final event on January 19. The Karnataka government has prohibited rallies and protest marches till January 19 as a part of the restrictions imposed in the state to curb the spread of Covid-19.

 

On Wednesday, the state witnessed yet another spike with 21,390 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 10 fatalities, taking the tally to 30,99,519 and the death toll to 38,389.

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