The Coronavirus scare has not spared even Rashtrapathi Bhavan and Parliament, situated about a kilometre apart as it came to light on Friday that a BJP MP had attended a party in Lucknow recently where Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor who tested positive for the virus was present.
BJP MP Dushyant Singh along with his mother Vasundhara Raje Scindia had attended the Lucknow party. Later the young MP from Rajasthan is said to have met several Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members. Dushyant went into self-quarantine following the revelation, as did the MP along with his mother, former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, who also attended the party Dushyant, along with MPs of Rajasthan, had also attended a breakfast meeting with President Ram Nath Kovind on March 18. Among those present were former Union minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, BJP MP from Mathura Hema Malini, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Congress’ Kumari Selja and boxer-MP Mary Kom, among others.
Dushyant had also attended a Parliamentary standing committee meeting where Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien sat close to him. Brien has also opted for home quarantine. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to lodge an FIR against the singer for concealing facts and putting public in danger. His office has also ordered sanitisation of all sites in Lucknow, Noida and Kanpur visited by Kanika Kapoor and asked the respective administrations to contact the people who came in touch with her.