Karnataka Assembly Speaker, others undergo COVID-19 test ahead of House session

Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri along with other political leaders underwent a COVID-19 test on Friday.

This comes ahead of the upcoming monsoon session of the Assembly, which is scheduled to begin from September 21.

Earlier, Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy had said that all MLAs will be tested for COVID-19 on every fifth day of the functioning of the monsoon session.

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council sessions are expected to be held from September 21 and 30.

( With inputs from ANI )

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