"Why Home Minister Chose Not To Go To AIIMS": Shashi Tharoor On Amit Shah Testing Covid Positive

Shashi Tharoor said that public leaders need to inspire people to believe in the system. Amit Shah is currently admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.

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New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah tested coronavirus positive on Sunday evening and has been admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. The opposition has been raising questions on the home minister being admitted to a private hospital instead of choosing a government hospital. ALSO READ|Amit Shah Tests Coronavirus Positive: JP Nadda, Vijay Rupani, Others Pour In Wishes For Leader's Speedy Recovery On Monday afternoon, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took to twitter and asked, " Wonder why our Home Minister, when ill, chose not to go to AIIMS but to a private hospital in a neighbouring state. Public institutions need the patronage of the powerful if they are to inspire public confidence."

True. Wonder why our Home Minister, when ill, chose not to go to AIIMS but to a private hospital in a neighbouring state. Public institutions need the patronage of the powerful if they are to inspire public confidence. https://t.co/HxVqdREura

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 3, 2020

Shashi Tharoor reacted to a tweet on the premier All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. AIIMS was established in 1956 when Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister. The Home Minister informed about the news in a tweet on Sunday, he said his health was "fine" but he was being hospitalised "on the advice of doctors". He also requested that all those "who have come in contact with me in the last few days, please isolate yourself and get your inquiry done". Also Read|After Amit Shah, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Hospitalised Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and  Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, both of whom have tested positive for COVID-19, too are admitted at private hospitals in Bengaluru and Bhopal respectively. Extensive contact tracing is being carried after the Home Minister contracted the virus. Anyone who came in contact with the minister has been advised to self-isolate. Shah had taken part in a cabinet meeting last Wednesday, which was attended by all top ministers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.