J&K BJP chief tests +ve, Jitendra, Madhav go into quarantine
New Delhi, July 14
Union minister Jitendra Singh and BJP general secretary Ram Madhav have gone into self-quarantine after party’s J&K unit president Ravinder Raina, who had accompanied them to the residence of a slain party leader, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday.
Jitendra Singh, who is also a party MP from Udhampur, said he has gone into self-quarantine.
“Have gone into self-quarantine with immediate effect after receiving the news about Covid report of J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina who had accompanied us from Srinagar to Bandipora on July 12,” he tweeted.
Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, had visited the house of his party colleague Waseem Bari, who along with his father and brother were shot dead by terrorists in Bandipora last week.
Singh was accompanied by Raina, Madhav and other leaders during the visit to Bari’s residence. PTI
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