Election of Rajya Sabha: Madhya Pradesh congressman Kunal Chaudhary arrives to vote
Bhopal:
The coronavirus pandemic did not prevent a congressman from Madhya Pradesh from voting in the 24-seat Rajya Sabha election today. Covered from head to toe in a white protective suit, Congressman Kunal Chaudhary was among the last leaders to run for the National Assembly in Bhopal.
Mr. Chaudhary tested positive for highly infectious COVID-19.
His turn to vote came after at least 205 deputies had already voted. Mr. Chaudhary, wearing personal protective equipment or a personal protective suit and a mobile phone in hand, entered a room to vote.
Around him, people stood at a distance to minimize the risk of infection because the virus is known to spread from respiratory droplets.
The member said that he was not well on June 6 and was tested four days later. The report that he was positive arrived on June 12.
“I arrived at Vidhan Sabha around 12:45 in an ambulance, very carefully with personal protective equipment, the officials were also wearing personal protective equipment, even if I felt that they were a little scared, which is natural. I voted for my party candidate and came back, “said the MP for GalacticGaming.
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BJP chief Hitesh Bajpai asked how the Election Commission allowed a person infected with a coronavirus to come and vote. “The permission of the positive deputy for Corona to enter the premises by the Election Commission is a violation of the rules against epidemics,” tweeted Mr. Bajpai.
The congressman replied: “The people who cannot even win the Panchayat elections question me, they should ask the leaders of their party who run the government.”
Voting for 24 Rajya Sabha’s elections took place today after most of them have been suspended since March due to the pandemic. The surge in elections, in which the seats of 10 states are at stake, was marked by a resurgence of the appeal policy, resignations, camp changes and allegations of corruption.
The elections are held on four seats each from Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, three from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand and one from the northeastern states of Meghalaya and Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram. Voting started at 9 a.m. The hardest fight concerns more than one seat in Gujarat, one in Rajasthan and one in Madhya Pradesh.
