Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda tests positive for Covid, health stable
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Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said in a press statement on Saturday.
Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo HD Deve Gowda has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said in a press statement on Saturday.
HD Deve Gowda (88) is asymptomatic and his health is stable, the statement said.
Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) president HD Devegowda tested positive for #COVID19. He has no symptoms and his health is stable: Office of HD Devegowda(File pic) pic.twitter.com/EfzjOLr2g3
The veteran politician was the twelfth prime minister of India and served from June 1996 to April 1997. He was also elected as the chief minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996.
Deve Gowda is at present a member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, representing the Hassan constituency of Karnataka. He is also the National President of JD(S).
