File photograph of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.
The SP chief had additionally alleged that the BJP authorities on the Centre solely will get involved about coronavirus, when the opposition events do one thing.
A day after Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav took his first dose of Covishield at Gurgaon’s Medanta hospital, his son and former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday clarified that he’s not in opposition to jabs by Centre however was in opposition to ‘BJP’s vaccine’. The SP chief introduced that he’ll quickly get vaccinated and has additionally appealed to others to take the shot. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced free vaccines for all.
In a tweet on Tuesday morning, Akhilesh Yadav wrote, “Instead of politicising vaccination, the government of India has finally announced that Centre will jab everyone. This has come after much public outrage. We were against vaccines by BJP but aren’t against vaccines by government of India. I will take the shots soon and also appeal others to get vaccinated.”
जनाक्रोश को देखते हुए आख़िरकार सरकार ने कोरोना के टीके के राजनीतिकरण की जगह ये घोषणा करी कि वो टीके लगवाएगी।हम भाजपा के टीके के ख़िलाफ़ थे पर ‘भारत सरकार’ के टीके का स्वागत करते हुए हम भी टीका लगवाएंगे व टीके की कमी से जो लोग लगवा नहीं सके थे उनसे भी लगवाने की अपील करते हैं।
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) June 8, 2021
Earlier, the Samajwadi Party chief had courted controversy by saying that he will not take the ‘BJP vaccine’ as he did not trust the BJP government. “I will not get vaccinated by the shot given by the BJP government as I don’t trust them. When we (SP) will come to power, we will ensure free vaccines to everyone,” Akhilesh had said.
The SP chief had also alleged that the BJP government at the Centre only gets concerned about coronavirus, when the opposition parties do something.
“Money is being extorted by people in the name of coronavirus. This government is concerned about corona only when opposition parties do something. The same BJP government wanted to get rid of corona by clapping and banging of plates,” he had stated, including that the federal government has additionally failed to make sure that folks put on masks to curb the unfold of the virus.
Yadav’s assertion in opposition to the vaccine had invited the scorn of UP’s deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who demanded an apology for questioning the scientific neighborhood’s hardwork in producing the vaccine in a file time.
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