Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party patriarch has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the party tweeted on October 14. The Samajwadi Party patriarch has no symptoms ofCOVID-19, the party said. Earlier his wife Sadhna Gupta had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, as per reports in The Times of India. Singh is undergoing treatment at Medanta Gurgaon on account of his age and comorbidity factors. Mulayam Singh Yadav’s son, the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, informed that the minister’s health is stable. In August, Yadav had been admitted to a private hospital as he complained of abdominal pain following an infection in the urinary tract. Also, in April, Yadav was admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow after he complained of weakness. According to the hospital, he had mild uncontrolled diabetes.
