Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday turned the goal of prime BJP leaders’ wrath over the problems of vaccine export and corruption in defence offers in the course of the rule of the grand outdated occasion. Senior BJP chief and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hit out on the Gandhi scion saying, “India is not facing vaccine starvation but Rahul Gandhi is facing attention starvation.”
Alleging that he has been lobbying with pharma corporations, Prasad mentioned, “After failing as a part-time politician, has Rahul Gandhi switched to full time lobbying? First he lobbied for fighter plane companies by trying to derail India’s acquisition programme. Now he is lobbying for pharma companies by asking for arbitrary approvals for foreign vaccines.”
On the allegations of partisanship in vaccine allocation to states, the minister mentioned, “Rahul Gandhi must know that shortage in Congress ruled states is not of vaccines but of basic commitment towards health care. He should write letters to his party’s governments to stop their vasooli ventures and concentrate on administering the lakhs of vaccines they are sitting upon.”
After failing as a part-time politician, has Rahul Gandhi switched to full time lobbying? First he lobbied for fighter aircraft corporations by making an attempt to derail India’s acquisition programme. Now he’s lobbying for pharma corporations by asking for arbitrary approvals for overseas vaccines— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) April 9, 2021
In a sequence of tweets, the BJP chief additionally lashed out at Gandhi and in addition went on to query, “Why has Rahul Gandhi not yet taken vaccine? Is it an oversight or he doesn’t want it or has he already taken one in many of his undisclosed trips to foreign locations but doesn’t want to disclose?”
Prasad was reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding a right away moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine exports and opening up of the vaccination to “everyone who needs it”. In the letter, Gandhi additionally sought extra say to the state governments in vaccine procurement and distribution. In his letter, he slammed the Centre for bypassing the states “right from vaccine procurement to registration”. He additional alleged, “Additionally, a large section of the poor have been excluded due to the initial mandatory online registration.”
Gandhi additionally requested the prime minister to double the central allocation for vaccine procurement from the prevailing Rs 35,000 crore and provides state governments a higher say in vaccine procurement and distribution. His ideas got here a day after Prime Minister Modi mentioned vaccines should be prioritised resulting from restricted provide and lamented that some individuals had been enjoying politics on the problem. Questioning the federal government for allowing large-scale exports of vaccines, he mentioned, “While our nation is facing vaccine starvation, more than six crore doses of vaccines have been exported.”
Gandhi alleged that the state governments had been repeatedly highlighting vaccine shortages solely to obtain intemperate statements by the union well being minister. He accused the well being minister of focusing on Opposition-ruled states and undercutting cooperative federalism. “Was the export of vaccines also an ‘oversight’, like many other decisions of this government, or an effort to garner publicity at the cost of our own citizens,” Gandhi requested.
Senior BJP chief Gajendra Singh Shekhawat additionally slammed the Congress chief and mentioned, “Dear Rahul Gandhi ji, Please ask students without fear & nervousness. 1. Why no one takes you seriously? 2. How not to peddle lies about Vaccine shortage? 3. Why congress has been reduced to few seats? 4. What can you do to stay relevant?”
Dear Rahul Gandhi ji, Please ask college students with out concern & nervousness. 1. Why nobody takes you severely?2. How to not peddle lies about Vaccine scarcity?3. Why congress has been decreased to few seats?4. What are you able to do to remain related?
— Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (@gssjodhpur) April 9, 2021
Meanwhile, calling Gandhi and “absentee politician”, BJP chief Smriti Irani hit out on the Congress chief and tweeted, “Q) What defence scams did the globe trotting absentee politician’s family indulge in? A) Jeep deal, Bofors deal, AgustaWestland deal.”
In one other tweet, she wrote, “Dear students, Q) How does an absentee politician who has never held an honest job in his life manage to globe trot? A) The FAMILY chest brims with money looted from defence deals.”
Dear college students, Q) How does an absentee politician who has by no means held an sincere job in his life handle to globe trot?
A) The FAMILY chest brims with cash looted from defence offers. #pehchankaun
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) April 9, 2021
Irani was responding to Gandhi’s earlier tweet questioning the BJP-led authorities at Centre over Rafale deal, corruption and involvement of middlemen in defence offers. “Dear students, PM said answer questions without fear & nervousness. Please ask him to do the same: 1. Who took money in the #Rafale corruption scandal? 2. Who deleted the anti-corruption clauses in the contract? 3. Who gave middlemen access to key Defence Ministry documents?” Gandhi had tweeted.
Dear college students,PM mentioned reply questions with out concern & nervousness. Please ask him to do the identical:
1. Who took cash within the #Rafale corruption scandal? 2. Who deleted the anti-corruption clauses within the contract? 3. Who gave middlemen entry to key Defence Ministry paperwork?
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 9, 2021
Earlier on Tuesday, Gandhi took a swipe on the authorities over the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying karma is the ledger of 1’s motion and nobody can escape it. He mentioned this after a French media report claimed that 1.1 million Euros was paid to a “middleman” by the plane producer, a cost that was denied by the BJP as baseless.
Gandhi has been alleging that commissions have been paid within the Rafale deal, which the federal government has denied. The Congress mentioned Gandhi’s oft-repeated allegations of corruption within the deal had been proved appropriate after the French media report.
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