Jharkhand Agriculture Minister Badal Patralekh tests COVID-19 positive

Ranchi (Jharkhand): Jharkhand Agriculture Minister Badal Patralekh has tested positive for COVID-19 days after Former chief minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) founder Shibu Soren and his wife as they have also tested positive for coronavirus.

The Minister himself confirmed the news from his official account on Twitter on Sunday and urged all his close contacts to get themselves tested for the virus.

“I got tested for coronavirus yesterday and my report came last night. I request all those who came into close contact with me in the past few days to get themselves tested for the virus. You are requested to stay safe at home,” Patralekh tweeted.

सभी राज्यवासियों को जोहार,

मैंने कल अपना कोरोना जांच कराया, जिसकी रिपोर्ट देर रात्रि पॉजिटिव आई हैं।विगत कुछ दिनों में जो भी लोग मेरे संपर्क में आये हैं उनसे विनम्र अनुरोध है कि अपनी जांच करा लें।
आप सभी से अनुरोध हैं घर पर रहे सुरक्षित रहें।

— Badal (बादल) (@Badal_Patralekh) August 23, 2020

On Saturday, he wished a speedy recovery to the former chief minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) founder Shibu Soren and his wife as they have also tested positive for coronavirus.

आदरणीय गुरुजी और रूपी सोरेन जी के कोरोना पॉजिटिव होने की सूचना प्राप्त हुई है। आप दोनों जल्द-से-जल्द स्वस्थ हों,बाबा बैद्यनाथ ,बाबा बासुकीनाथ से यही प्रार्थना है।@ShibuSorenJMM @HemantSorenJMM

— Badal (बादल) (@Badal_Patralekh) August 22, 2020

The information regarding the senior leader and his wife’s testing positive was shared by their son and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren through Twitter.

Shibu Soren is credited with the founding of JMM and for spearheading the movement for the separation of Jharkhand from Bihar. He has also served as a Cabinet Minister in the Centre during the UPA-I rule.

Earlier in July, Hemant and wife Kalpana Soren had got themselves tested for the infection after one of the ministers in his Cabinet and another JMM lawmaker, whom he had been in contact with tested positive.

(With inputs from Agency)