In the a bizarre move, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Delhi MLA Kuldeep Kumar has jumped quarantine after having tested positive for coronavirus and went all the way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh to meet the Hathras case victim’s family. With zero regard for public safety and risking lives of thousands of people, AAP MLA chose to up the political ante.
He live-tweeted his entire journey to Hathras – all the while violating quarantine norms.
https://twitter.com/KuldeepKumarAAP/status/1312695884354785287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw On 4th October, barely a week after having tested COVID-19 positive, Kumar gathered with people in large crowd and decided to go to Hathras. https://twitter.com/KuldeepKumarAAP/status/1312747111360860165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw He tweeted how he got permission to meet the victim’s family. https://twitter.com/KuldeepKumarAAP/status/1312755639781715970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw And how he has reached Hathras to meet the family. https://twitter.com/KuldeepKumarAAP/status/1312834623710269440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw He sat in close proximity to the victim’s family as he expressed condolences. This while he has tested positive for highly infectious coronavirus which has claimed lives of over 1 lakh people in India and infected over 66 lakh people across India.The BJP Delhi unit has criticised the reckless move and demanded action against him under the Epidemics Act for knowingly risking the lives of others.
https://twitter.com/BJP4Delhi/status/1312974578356899840?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwIt is important to note that the clinical criteria require that patients’ symptoms have been resolved for at least three days before release from isolation, with a minimum time in isolation of 13 days since symptom onset.
But the AAP MLA, in a haste to turn the Hathras incident into its party’s favour, jumped his quarantine and barely after five days of testing positive, proceeded to the village to meet the victim’s kind. On October 4, the MLA himself took to Twitter to inform that he had reached the village to meet the victim’s family.