Bharatiya Janata Party president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Sunday announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus, and had, therefore, isolated himself at home.

Nadda tweeted, “On getting the initial symptoms of corona, I got the test done and the report came back positive.”

“My health is fine, following all the guidelines in home isolation on the advice of doctors,” he further wrote in the tweet, in Hindi.

The leader also asked everyone who had come in contact with him over the past few days to get tested for the virus.

Several people wished the 60-year-old a speedy recovery.

“Wishing you a very speedy recovery Mananeeya Adhyaksh JP Nadda ji. Get well soon! Maharashtra awaits to welcome you soon,” former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted.

Union Minister Smriti Irani said, “Get well soon sir.”

Nadda, who was recently in Bengal, is now at the centre of a Centre-state tussle over an attack on his convoy at Shirakol in South 24-Parganas on December 10. The BJP has alleged the ruling TMC was responsible for the act, while the TMC has alleged that the attack was "staged".

Nadda is one of several prominent political leaders to have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah had tested positive for Covid-19 in September and had been admitted to hospital.

Recently, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, who had taken a trial shot of Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, had also contracted the virus.

Other leaders who suffered from Covid-19 include Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, among others.

India on Sunday recorded 30,284 Covid-19 cases as the tally reached 98,57,029, while death toll climbed to 1,43,019 with the virus claiming 391 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country.