Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the central authorities has a “zero vaccine policy” which is acting as a “dagger in Mother India’s heart”. He additionally attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over media studies which claimed that post-COVID the unemployment price was in double digits in May this 12 months.
“The zero vaccine policy of the Modi government is acting like a dagger in Mother India’s heart. Sad truth,” Gandhi mentioned in a tweet. “One man and his arrogance + One virus and its mutants,” he mentioned in one other tweet, citing a report that claimed that “97 percent of Indians are poorer post-COVID”. Gandhi has been crucial of the Modi authorities’s dealing with of the COVID pandemic and its vaccine policy.
The BJP has accused the Congress of spreading misinformation and worry on vaccination as a part of a marketing campaign towards the Modi authorities. It mentioned Gandhi ought to slightly be involved concerning the Congress-ruled states as they haven’t been in a position carry their quota from vaccine producers.