New Delhi: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday (April 9) hit out at Rahul Gandhi, claiming the scarcity in Congress-ruled states shouldn’t be of vaccines however of dedication, hours after former Congress president wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging “vaccine starvation” within the nation.
In his letter to the prime minister, Rahul Gandhi demanded an instantaneous moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine exports and the opening up of the vaccination to “everyone who needs it”.
Hitting again, the senior BJP chief wrote on Twitter, “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.”
In a sequence of tweets, Ravi Shankar Prasad mentioned, “India isn’t facing vaccine starvation but Shri Gandhi is facing attention starvation. Why has he 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 doesnt want to disclose?”
“Rahul Gandhi must know shortage in Congress-ruled states isn’t of vaccines but of basic commitment towards health care. He should write to his party’s govts to stop their vasooli ventures and concentrate on administering the lakhs of vaccines they r sitting upon,” Prasad added.
After failing as a part-time politician, has Rahul Gandhi switched to full time lobbying? First he lobbied for fighter airplane firms by making an attempt to derail India’s acquisition programme. Now he’s lobbying for pharma firms by asking for arbitrary approvals for international vaccines
— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) April 9, 2021
Earlier within the day, Rahul Gandhi on Friday questioned the export of COVID-19 vaccines and requested whether it is proper to accomplish that and put the lives of Indians at risk, including the vaccine scarcity is a really major problem throughout Corona occasions and isn’t a celebration.
Gandhi additionally referred to as upon the central authorities to assist states with none bias and assist present them with extra vaccines. “Shortage of vaccine in view of the rise in Corona instances is a really major problem and never a celebration,” he mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
He additional mentioned, “Is it right to export the vaccine and put Indians at risk. The central government should help all states without any bias. We all have to fight this pandemic together and defeat it.”
Notably, some states have been demanding extra vaccines and the Congress is looking for the vaccine for all. The Centre, nevertheless, has accused some states of doing politics on the problem of vaccines.
(With Agency Inputs)
