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Haryana speaker, 2 BJP MLAs test COVID-19 positive: State health minister
CHANDIGARH : Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta and two BJP MLAs tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, two days before the monsoon session is set to begin here, Health Minister Anil Vij said. Six assembly staffers have also tested positive for the disease, officials said."The assembly speaker and MLAs Aseem Goel and Ram Kumar have tested positive for coronavirus," Vij, who is also the state's home minister, told PTI.Gupta represents the Panchkula seat, while Goel and Kumar are legislators from Ambala City and Indri, respectively. In the speaker's absence, Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa will be presiding over the House proceedings.Earlier in the day, Gupta tweeted that he got himself tested for COVID-19 on Sunday and his report came