Ram Madhav, Jitendra Singh in self-quarantine after BJP’s J&K President tests positive for Coronavirus

Srinagar: Union minister Jitendra Singh and BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav have put themselves under self-quarantine as a precautionary measure after BJP’s J&K unit President Ravinder Raina tested positive for Covid-19. Ram Madhav and Jitendra Singh had travelled with Ravinder Raina recently in Kashmir.

In a tweet, Jitendra Singh said, “Have gone into self-quarantine with immediate effect from 4 PM today, after receiving the news about Corona positive test of J&K BJP President Ravinder Raina who had accompanied us from Srinagar to Bandipora on July 12 (sic).”

In his tweet, Ram Madav said though he has tested negative for Covid-19 five times in the last two weeks, he is still putting himself under self-quarantine for precaution.

“Am quarantining myself for a few days since my colleague and BJP J&K president Ravinder Raina tested positve for coronavirus today and I was with him 48 hrs ago in Srinagar. I tested negative for Covid-19 five times in last two weeks. Yet taking precautions to ensure safety of me and others,” Ram Madhav said in a tweet.