Telangana Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy Tests Positive for COVID-19
The Speaker had recently hosted his granddaughter's wedding in Hyderabad, after which he tested positive.
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Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy has tested positive for coronavirus.
Pocharam tweeted that though he presently has no health problems, he has joined the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) Hospitals at Gachibowli on the advice of doctors.
The Assembly Speaker had recently hosted the wedding of his granddaughter in Hyderabad on Sunday, 21 November. The event was attended by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Pocharam has requested those who met him during the last few days to undergo COVID-19 tests and keep themselves under home isolation as a precautionary measure.
Pocharam's granddaughter, Snigdha Reddy, was married to Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Krishna Mohan Reddy's son Rohit Reddy at VNR farms in Hyderabad. Krishna Mohan Reddy is an OSD to the Andhra Pradesh CM’s office. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and several ministers and leaders of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and other parties had also attended the ceremony. Andhra Assembly Speaker Tammineni Seetaram has also attended the wedding, accompanying CM YS Jagan.
Pocharam is the second key leader from Telugu states to test positive in recent days. Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan was airlifted from Vijayawada to Hyderabad on 17 November after he tested positive for coronavirus. After undergoing treatment at AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, he was discharged on 23 November. The Governor tested positive after returning from Delhi, where he participated in the 51st Conference of Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of all states and Union territories, which was attended by President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and others.