BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra has been admitted to a private hospital in Gurugram after he showed symptoms of COVID-19, sources said.
He has been admitted to the Medanta hospital in Gurgaon, hospital sources said on Thursday.
The BJP leader has shown symptoms of COVID-19, a source said.
Patra is one of the spokesperson who has been quite active on news channel and is visible on the channels.
He is also very active on social media and posted several tweets on Thursday as well.
It is reportedly said that Patra would be the second major spokesperson of a national party to get infected by the virus.
In recent years, Sambit Patra has become visible as one of the BJP’s most outspoken spokespersons on TV news debates, where he defends both policies of the Narendra Modi government and also the BJP’s ideology.
Patra also has an active social media presence, particularly on Twitter, where he has 4.4 lakh followers. Fluent in both English and Hindi, Patra is by training a surgeon.
Last week, Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha said he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was self-quarantining.
Ironically, both Patra and Jha have engaged in verbal duels on TV news debates. Earlier this week, former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, who is also a minister of the Congress in the Uddhav Thackeray government, tested positive for COVID-19.
