<p>Even as several MLAs and an MP have tested positive for Covid-19 over the past week, political leaders are walking the tightrope of carrying out public interaction amid the pandemic.</p>.<p>Unable to completely cut themselves off from interacting with people, leaders have come up with their own measures. </p>.<p>Speaking to <span class="italic">DH</span>, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar said his interactions henceforth would strictly be based on appointments only. “I will issue a separate set of timings for legislators and party workers. Holding this office, I cannot avoid meeting people. So, I am thinking of this new measure,” he said.</p>.<p>The Congress also held a meeting on Thursday to chalk out measures related to Covid-19. “We are completely sanitising the party office. We are working out ways in which we can further bolster our measures,” Shivakumar added. </p>.<p>BJP general secretary N Ravi Kumar, on his part, has streamlined visits to his office. “I have not stopped public interaction. But I am insisting that anyone who comes to meet me needs to maintain two metres distance, wear a mask and use a sanitiser. Also, I am ensuring that not more than two people enter my office at a time. If there are five or six visitors, I am asking them to come in two batches,” he said.</p>.<p>According to sources in JD(S), its leader H D Kumaraswamy has more or less migrated to online. Except for visit to his constituency (Channapatna) on crucial issues, he has limited himself to online interactions, party members<br />said. </p>.<p>Meanwhile, after a staff member in his office tested positive, political secretary to Chief Minister M P Renukacharya tweeted that he would, until Friday, take meetings from his home office and would not meet people directly. “I request well-wishers and the public, not to meet me directly. Please connect with me over telephone,” he said.</p>
<p>Even as several MLAs and an MP have tested positive for Covid-19 over the past week, political leaders are walking the tightrope of carrying out public interaction amid the pandemic.</p>.<p>Unable to completely cut themselves off from interacting with people, leaders have come up with their own measures. </p>.<p>Speaking to <span class="italic">DH</span>, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar said his interactions henceforth would strictly be based on appointments only. “I will issue a separate set of timings for legislators and party workers. Holding this office, I cannot avoid meeting people. So, I am thinking of this new measure,” he said.</p>.<p>The Congress also held a meeting on Thursday to chalk out measures related to Covid-19. “We are completely sanitising the party office. We are working out ways in which we can further bolster our measures,” Shivakumar added. </p>.<p>BJP general secretary N Ravi Kumar, on his part, has streamlined visits to his office. “I have not stopped public interaction. But I am insisting that anyone who comes to meet me needs to maintain two metres distance, wear a mask and use a sanitiser. Also, I am ensuring that not more than two people enter my office at a time. If there are five or six visitors, I am asking them to come in two batches,” he said.</p>.<p>According to sources in JD(S), its leader H D Kumaraswamy has more or less migrated to online. Except for visit to his constituency (Channapatna) on crucial issues, he has limited himself to online interactions, party members<br />said. </p>.<p>Meanwhile, after a staff member in his office tested positive, political secretary to Chief Minister M P Renukacharya tweeted that he would, until Friday, take meetings from his home office and would not meet people directly. “I request well-wishers and the public, not to meet me directly. Please connect with me over telephone,” he said.</p>
