Former Punjab BJP president quarantined himself; tested negative
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Punjab BJP former president Avinash Khanna quarantined himself after BJP J&K President Ravinder Raina tested Corona positive. But Khanna tested negative.
Punjab BJP former president Avinash Khanna gave this information on social media. In a post on his facebook, he wrote “I am self isolating myself for a few days as BJP J&K President Ravinder Raina tested +ve for Corona today and I was with him yesterday. My Corona test report is negative. Yet as a measure of precautions and safety, quarantining myself.”
Avinash Rai Khanna (born 30 December 1960) is a Vice Chairman, Indian Red Cross Society and Vice President of Bhartiya Janta Party. He is also a BJP In-charge of Jammu & Kashmir & Rajasthan. Earlier, he served as member of Rajya Sabha and was also a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Hoshiarpur constituency of Punjab. He was elected as an MLA from Garshankar in 2002. In 2003, he was also elected as a State President B.J.P Punjab. After that he was elected Member of Parliament from Hoshiarpur Constituency in 2004. Under his leadership, first time in Punjab B.J.P. got 19 seats out of 23 in Assembly elections in 2007 and played a major role in formation of Akali government in Punjab.
In 2009 Parliamentary elections his Hoshiarpur seat was reserved. He became Member, Punjab State Human Rights Commission. He served as a member for around 10 months. In 2010, he was elected for Rajya Sabha and was also appointed as Chief Whip of the party in the Rajya Sabha.
July,14,2020
