Punjab govt making profits by selling vaccine to private hospitals at exorbitant worth: BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the Congress of deserting the individuals of Punjab in the course of the time of disaster because the occasion excessive command has summoned MLAs and Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to Delhi to resolve infighting forward of the following yr’s Assembly elections. Addressing the media in Delhi, senior occasion chief Prakash Javadekar mentioned that the Congress authorities is making profits by selling vaccines to private hospitals at exorbitant worth.
“Rahul Gandhi should first look after his state rather than giving lectures to others. Punjab government has been provided more than 1.40 lakh doses of Covaxin at Rs 400 and they have given it to 20 private hospitals at Rs 1,000,” he mentioned, including that the ‘complete Punjab authorities is in Delhi’.
Earlier at this time, Amarinder Singh appeared earlier than the three-member panel headed by Mallikarjun Kharge to resolve variations with MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu. The panel constituted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to resolve factionalism within the Punjab unit includes Kharge, former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat and former MP JP Aggarwal.
According to media studies, the Punjab authorities is selling Covaxin procured below the state quota to private hospitals. It is making a revenue of Rs 660 per dose within the identify of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The hospitals charging over Rs 1,500 for every jab, thus making profits of greater than Rs 500.
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