bhopal madhya pradesh cabinet minister arvind singh bhadoria tested positive for covid19 late wednesday night triggering jitters up to lucknow and delhi as his contact list of the past week reads like a whos who from defence minister rajnath singh to madhya pradesh chief minister shivraj singh chouhan and the entire state cabinet not to talk of the hundreds of party workers he mingled with at events where covid caution was thrown to the windsbhadoria issued a video statement from hospital on wednesday confirming his covid status and urging everyone who has come in contact with him to get themselves tested as soon as news got out a picture of a maskless bhadoria hugging indore bjp president rajesh sonkar went viralthe up and mp governments have sounded the alarm bhadoria a firsttime minister was in lucknow on july 21 to attend the funeral of governor lalji tandon where defence minister rajnath singh up governor and acting mp governor anandiben patel up cm yogi adityanath mp cm chouhan mp bjp chief vd sharma and state organising general secretary suhas bhagat were also presentbhagat said he and sharma have quarantined themselves we went to lucknow in the same car and flight with bhadoria and were together at the funeral of governor lalji tandon all top bjp leaders of up and mp were present we have quarantined ourselves and are getting tested for covid19 on friday bhagat told toi sonkar who was clicked in a bear hug with bhadoria has also quarantined himselfbhadoria who was made cooperatives minister on july 2 had complained of a sore throat on wednesday night following which he and his family members and staff got tested for covid19 his report came back positive and he admitted to a hospital in bhopal around 2am everyone else in his family has tested negative said health officialsonly a couple of hours before he was tested the minister had attended the state cabinet meeting chaired by cm chouhan at the secretariat all the ministers were present at the meeting bhadoria has also attended the rss meet that is on in bhopal in the presence of rss chief mohan bhagwatcm chouhan wished him a speedy recovery bhadoria ji you are perfectly healthy and will resume work again with the same energy we wish you all the best tweeted chouhan on thursdayhome minister narottam mishra who was seen meeting reporters without a mask after the cabinet meeting said on thursday that he was aware that bhadoria has tested positive bhadoria is a senior leader of the party i request all the public representatives irrespective of their political affiliation to be aware and remain safe during covid19 they should also maintain distance while meeting people said mishra wishing his cabinet colleague a quick recoverybhadoria had also addressed a public meeting in bhind on july 19 where a large number of bjp workers and his supporters had gathered crushing covid caution underfootthe health department has quite a job on hands as it prepares the ministers