Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that 23 ministers and MLAs are infected with the coronavirus two days before the assembly session begins on August 28 in the state. He gave this information during a meeting of Congress President Sonia Gandhi with Chief Ministers of seven states through video conference. The Chief Minister insisted on not conducting the JEE and NEET examinations in view of the situation. Singh, however, did not say how many ministers and MLAs from Punjab have recovered so far.
He said in a release, “Now two days are left for the Punjab Assembly session to begin. 23 ministers and legislators are infected with the coronavirus. If this is the condition of legislators and ministers, then it can be estimated how serious the ground situation will be. The atmosphere is not conducive for conducting examinations. “
