Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 19 (ANI): Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri along with other political leaders underwent a COVID-19 test on Friday.

This comes ahead of the upcoming monsoon session of the Assembly, which is scheduled to begin from September 21.

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Earlier, Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy had said that all MLAs will be tested for COVID-19 on every fifth day of the functioning of the monsoon session.

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council sessions are expected to be held from September 21 and 30. (ANI)

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