Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani to stay home for a week at least

TNN | Updated: Apr 16, 2020, 06:51 IST

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani

GANDHINAGAR: Even though two eminent doctors, Dr R K Patel and Dr Atul Patel have declared the CM to be in good health, CM Vijay Rupani has decided to stay in his residence for a week, not to meet visitors, and oversee the administration through video-conferencing, video calls, phone calls and the like.
“The chief minister is fine and all his parameters are normal,” said secretary to CM, Ashwani Kumar, on Wednesday. The official added that no visitor will be allowed at the CM’s residence for one week.
Congress MLA Imran Khedawala, who had met Rupani along with other party legislators at the chief minister’s official residence in Gandhinagar on Tuesday morning, tested positive for Covid-19 in the evening. He has been admitted to the SVP hospital, a designated Covid-19 hospital.
Officials said Khedawala should have stayed at home after giving his sample for Covid-19 testing, but he had chosen to meet several people, including the CM even as his test result was awaited. Khedawala was however seated about eight metres away from the CM in the meeting. Besides Khedawala, two other Congress MLAs from the city — Gyasuddin Shaikh and Shailesh Parmar — were also present in the meeting.
Rupani on Wednesday called Khedawala, who has been hospitalized and inquired about his health.