The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust chief, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, tests positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, news agency ANI reported. 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s office also issued a statement saying that the CM has taken details on the health status of the priest. “He (Yogi Adityanath) has spoken to DM Mathura and to Dr Trehan of Medanta and requested for immediate medical attention for him at the hospital,” said a statement by the CM’s office.

During the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on August 5, Das had shared the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.