Newly elected Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu tested positive for coronavirus, a spokesperson of the state government said . The CM was scheduled to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi , but the meeting has now been postponed.
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had undergone a routine test in the national capital, mandatory before meeting the Prime Minister and the report came positive.
The Himachal CM, who is asymptomatic, has quarantined himself as a precautionary measure and all his engagements have been postponed.
Sukhu has been in New Delhi and met several Congress leaders, including AICC in-charge for Himachal Pradesh Rajiv Shukla and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, over the last few days.
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, a senior Congress leader, had joined Rahul Gandhi in his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan on December 16. He was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, state Congress Chief Pratibha Singh and 38 newly elected MLAs
