In Punjab, today the number of Covid 19 positive legislators including Ministers rose to 29 today ahead of Punjab Assembly Session set to begin tomorrow morning.<br />''   <br />''Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has appealed to all other legislators who had come in contact with them to avoid attending the Vidhan Sabha session.<br />'' <br />''The protests by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by their MLAs, were endangering the lives of people, said Captain Amarinder, pointing to the AAP dharna in various parts of the State since August 20.<br />'' <br />''With anything between 25 to 250 people present at each of these dharna, they had become tinder boxes for sparking further spread of the pandemic, said the Chief Minister, urging the party to call off their protests.<br />'' <br />''Captain Amarinder pointed out that of the eight AAP leaders/MLAs who had spearheaded these day/night dharna so far, two had already tested positive and each of them had come in contact with scores of other people till now.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Chief Minister reiterated his appeal to all political parties to refrain from physical protests at this critical juncture, when cases in the state were spiralling and projected to see a major spike in the coming weeks.</span>