CM down with viral fever, cancels all engagements

Seasonal diseases did not spare CM too, down with viral fever he cancelled all his engagements

Bhopal: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is down with viral fever and has been advised rest by doctors, CM’s principal secretary SK Mishra told HT.

Chouhan cancelled all his engagements for Saturday.

The chief minister had gone to Delhi to attend a private conference on Friday morning. After his return to Bhopal later in the day, he looked tired and unwell, and even did not attend the cabinet meeting scheduled at 8pm, official sources said.

On Saturday morning, he didn’t participate in the ‘All-Religion Prayers’, organised at Barkatullah Bhavan, to pay tributes to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy on the accident’s 32nd anniversary.

“He has viral fever, nothing else. He is not attending any function because he has been advised by doctors to take rest. He needs to be fine to attend the big government event (on Sunday),” Mishra said.

The chief minister is scheduled to launch new schemes at BHEL Jamburi Maidan on Sunday.

More than 350 cases of dengue, 200 cases of chikungunya and 550 cases of viral fever have been reported in the state capital since August.