NEW DELHI, Dec 17: BJP MP from Nainital in Uttarakhand Ajay Bhatt has tested positive for covid and has been admitted to AIIMS Delhi.

His test had come positive on Sunday and he was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday as he developed fever.

Bhatt was in contact with JP Nadda, president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was on a four-day visit to Uttarakhand in the first week December. Nadda had tested positive for covid on December 13 and is in home isolation.

Nadda had tweeted, “I got the test done after experiencing the initial symptoms of coronavirus and the report came back positive. My health is fine and I have been following all the guidelines for home isolation on the advice of doctors.”