Lucknow: Samajwadi Party founder and President, former Uttar Pradesh CM Mulayam Singh Yadav, 80, and his wife Sadhana Gupta have tested positive for Covid- 19. Both have been admitted at Medanta hospital in Gurugram on late Wednesday night.

The SP in a tweet said “Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for Covid-19 and is being monitored by doctors. As of now, there are no Covid- 19 symptoms in him”. As per the sources, the veteran leader along with wife was taken to Medanta in Gurugram by his son and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. Three attendants of Mulayam were also admitted to the same hospital. The party sources claimed that Mulayam was having difficulty in breathing so he had to be taken to Medanta Gurugram.

Mulayam Singh had attended the Monsoon Session of Parliament which concluded on September 23. The senior leader was helped inside the Parliament on a wheelchair on the first day of the session on September 14. He is currently a Lok Sabha MP from Mainpuri seat.