BJP MLA from Khanpur Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion’s son Divya Pratap Singh Champion acquired the jab on May 5.
The vaccination course of for folks aged 1844 years begins formally in Uttarakhand on Monday. However, BJP MLA from Khanpur Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion’s son Divya Pratap Singh Champion acquired the jab on May 5.
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- Last Updated:May 09, 2021, 18:44 IST
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An argument has erupted in Uttarakhand over a BJP MLA’s 25-year-old son getting the anti-coronavirus vaccine jab even if inoculation of folks in his age group is but to start in the state. The vaccination course of for folks aged 18-44 years begins formally in Uttarakhand on Monday. However, BJP MLA from Khanpur Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion’s son Divya Pratap Singh Champion acquired the jab on May 5.
The controversy broke out when footage of Divya Pratap Singh getting the vaccine shot went viral on social media on Saturday. Doon hospital employees requesting anonymity mentioned the MLA, alongside together with his spouse and son, arrived on the medical superintendent’s residence on May 5 and allegedly pressured the medical doctors to manage the vaccine dose to his son.
When contacted, the MLA mentioned his son acquired the vaccine shot as he’s a frontline employee actively concerned in stopping the unfold of the virus. Further, the MLA’s son acquired a shot of Covaxin at a time when most individuals in the state are being administered Covishield vaccine.
Covaxin is on the market solely at a choose few centres in the state. Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion is just not new to controversies. He was in the information a couple of years in the past when a video clip in which he was seen dancing to a well-liked Bollywood quantity with weapons in his arms went viral.
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