Davanagere: Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will be conferred with ‘Super COVID Warrior’ award on Tuesday in a function at Honnali near Davanagere.
Yediyurappa’s blue-eyed boy, BJP MLA M.P. Renukacharya, who organised the function to felicilitate Yediyurappa with the award, stated that the contribution of veteran leader is immense to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Yediyurappa was infected with Corona twice when he was the Chief Minister. Without any fear or hesitation, he has undergone treatment and got discharged. He travelled across the state when COVID was at its peak,” Renukacharya stated.
The former Chief Minister has taken many progressive steps to contain first and second wave of the pandemic effectively, Renukacharya maintained.
As many as 5,200 COVID warriors, including health workers, Asha activists, Anganawadi workers and others will be felicitated at the function.