<p>NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse has tested positive for Covid-19, sources close to him said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Khadse will be admitted to a city-based hospital.</p>.<p>"Natha bhau (as Khadse is known) tested positive on Thursday afternoon. He will be treated at a city hospital as per the doctor's advice," the sources said.</p>.<p>On November 15, Khadse's daughter Rohini had said that she had contracted the coronavirus infection.</p>.<p>Earlier, several other key politicians in Maharashtra, including Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, over a dozen other ministers and Leader of Opposition in Assembly Devendra Fadnavis had tested positive.</p>.<p>Khadse had ended his nearly four-decade association with the BJP and joined the Sharad Pawar-led NCP last month.</p>
<p>NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse has tested positive for Covid-19, sources close to him said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Khadse will be admitted to a city-based hospital.</p>.<p>"Natha bhau (as Khadse is known) tested positive on Thursday afternoon. He will be treated at a city hospital as per the doctor's advice," the sources said.</p>.<p>On November 15, Khadse's daughter Rohini had said that she had contracted the coronavirus infection.</p>.<p>Earlier, several other key politicians in Maharashtra, including Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, over a dozen other ministers and Leader of Opposition in Assembly Devendra Fadnavis had tested positive.</p>.<p>Khadse had ended his nearly four-decade association with the BJP and joined the Sharad Pawar-led NCP last month.</p>