Mumbai, Nov 19 (PTI) NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse has tested positive for COVID-19, sources close to him said on Thursday.

Khadse will be admitted to a city-based hospital.

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"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.

On November 15, Khadse's daughter Rohini had said that she had contracted the coronavirus infection.

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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.

Khadse had ended his nearly four-decade association with the BJP and joined the Sharad Pawar-led NCP last month.

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