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Karnataka medical education minister k sudhakar’s 82-year-old father and a domestic help on Monday tested positive for Covid-19. Several ministers, including chief minister BS Yediyurappa, will come under the scanner since they have held many meetings with Sudhakar, who is tasked with Covid-19 matters, in the past two weeks.

Medical education minister k sudhakar, who is at the forefront of the state government's efforts to stem the spread of the virus in Bengaluru and who is in charge of the state Covid-19 war room, has landed in a soup for posting a photograph of himself in a swimming pool.

In a bizarre statement, health and medical education minister k sudhakar on Wednesday dared all 225 Karnataka MLAs to come clean on their "extra-marital affairs by undergoing monogamy test". An hour later, the minister expressed regret after drawing flak from MLAs, including some from the BJP, besides the speaker and opposition leaders.

The suspended Narsipatnam Area Hospital doctor k sudhakar on Thursday appeared at the Fourth Town Police station on Thursday.

In another note of dissent from the Karnataka Congress, MLA k sudhakar questioned on Wednesday why the issue of alleged EVM manipulation was being brought into the discourse about the Lok Sabha exit poll predictions.

k sudhakar, disqualified Congress MLA who is seeking re-election on a BJP ticket, on Sunday alleged KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao has been receiving “hafta” (commission) on a regular basis from illegal clubs and dance bars in Gandhinagar, his assembly constituency in Bengaluru.

Health minister k sudhakar on Thursday said a cancer hospital, estimated to cost of Rs 130 crore, will be sanctioned to Mysuru. “In the next cabinet meeting, a cancer hospital costing Rs 130 crore will be sanctioned to Mysuru.

A health ID for every health professional and a comprehensive registry of all doctors will help eliminate the problem of quacks, said health minister k sudhakarHe was speaking at a conclave on Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, organised by Nasscom on Monday.

Health minister k sudhakar on Tuesday urged the public to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour as a precautionary measure. He also appealed to the public to immunise children above 12 years.

Disqualified MLA from Chikkaballapura, k sudhakar, criticised former chief minister and Congress Legislator Party leader Siddaramaiah for “failing to protect interests of Congress MLAs” during the coalition regime. Sudhakar said Siddaramaiah was “solely” to blame for the fall of the HD Kumaraswamyled government.

Medical education minister k sudhakar on Monday revealed Bengaluru now constitutes 26% of total cases in the state, but insisted there is neither community transmission nor a threat of it as yet in the state.

Several women’s rights activists, progressive thinkers, gynaecologists and mental health experts in the state have criticised what they called “regressive statements” made by health and medical education minister k sudhakar on “the choices of modern women” in India.

Covid-19 cases may be rising in some states, but their severity is low and there is no need to worry, health minister k sudhakar said.

The body of Chandan Kumar, a 37-year-old Indian IT professional tragically shot in Toronto, Canada, is set to arrive in Bengaluru on February 16. BJP MP k sudhakar confirmed the repatriation efforts, expressing gratitude to the Ministry of External Affairs and Indian officials for their swift action in bringing the mortal remains home.

k sudhakar will formally take charge of the health and family welfare department on Tuesday in addition to the medical education portfolio that he’s been handling for seven months. The minister, who was hitherto looking into Covid management in Bengaluru, will now oversee the state panel too. In an interview with TOI, he said his immediate priority will be to bring down the mortality rate and ensure seriously ill Covid-19 patients get immediate attention.

In 11 months, k sudhakar has gone from being an outsider in BJP to a central figure in the BS Yediyurappa government and the party. In the latest step-up, he formalised BJP’s strategy in several wards in Hyderabad, where municipal elections are scheduled for December 1.

There is no shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in Karnataka, said Karnataka health minister k sudhakar on Thursday, as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country, adding that about 25-30 lakh doses are still available in the state.