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Gandhinagar: Bharatsinh Solanki, the Congress nominee for the Rajya
Sabha elections in Gujarat, tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. He has
been admitted to a private hospital in Vadodara.
Solanki, former Minister in the UPA II government, was the second nominee from the Congress for one of the four Rajya Sabha seats.
"Solanki was feeling unwell on Sunday. He got himself checked for Covid-19 on Monday. His test came out positive. He was rushed to the Banker Hospital in Vadodara," said Manish Doshi, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) spokesperson.
He lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) third candidate Narhari Amin by falling 4.20 votes short of the required 34.202 votes. He got 30 votes while Amin secured a win with 35.60 votes.
Following Solanki's test report, Shaktisinh Gohil, his fellow nominee who won the lone Rajya Sabha seat for the Congress from Gujarat, quarantined himself in Delhi.
Gohil was preparing to visit Bihar on Monday. Solanki and Gohil accompanied each other throughout the Rajya Sabha elections day on Friday. (IANS)
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