Varun Gandhi was sitting next to Dushyant Singh in Lok Sabha earlier in the day (Screengrab)

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Friday said that he has quarantined himself as he was sitting next to fellow party MP Dushyant Singh in Lok Sabha earlier in the day. The BJP MP had recently met singer Kanika Kapoor who has tested positive for Covid-19.

Dushyant Singh and his mother, former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, have gone into self-quarantine after attending a party in Lucknow where Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor was also present as a guest.

(In this tweet shared by Varun Gandhi, Dushyant Singh can be seen sitting next to him in Lok Sabha)

My question in parliament on measures to combat groundwater depletion.



FULL VIDEO: https://t.co/NmQXvFdiBF pic.twitter.com/wcuV9sfZJZ Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) March 19, 2020

Varun Gandhi had also attended a birthday party on Wednesday in which Dushyant Singh was also a guest.

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien, national president of the Apna Dal, Anupriya Patel and Congress leader Deepender Hooda have also quarantined themselves after having encounters with Dushyant Singh.

Singh had also visited Rashtrapati Bhavan and met with President Kovid after meeting Kanika Kapoor.

Kanika Kapoor has become the first Bollywood celebrity to test positive for coronavirus in the country and says she's under complete quarantine and medical care.

There were reports that the singer landed in Lucknow from the United Kingdom and was admitted to a city hospital after she showed signs of flu.

Novel coronavirus or Covid-19 has claimed over 9,000 lives across the world and has affected at least 2 lakh people across the globe. As per the latest data, India has registered 257 cases with four deaths.

On Thursday night, in an address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested the countrymen to stay indoors as much as possible. He has also urged the nation to observe a 14-hour-long Janata Curfew between 7 am and 9 pm on Sunday, March 22.

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