Amid steep rise in daily number of Covid-19 cases in the country, the Congress has kick started a social media campaign that aims to make vaccine available for all adults.
Claiming that the country is facing scarcity of vaccine doses, the opposition party said that export of the vaccine should be stopped immediately by the Centre and the entire focus should be on inoculating people India.
Speaking on the campaign, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said: “The country needs corona vaccine, please raise your voice as everybody has a right for secured life.”
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also said that there should be ban on vaccine exports.
“Indians should be vaccinated first… that’s indispensable… before we take care of the rest of the world. We urge the Centre to first ensure that vaccines are available to all Indians and only then lift the export moratorium on vaccines.”
Former Home Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chiadmbaram has also attacked the government and said that “one day the government calls the vaccination drive a ‘festival’ (utsav). Another day, it calls the drive ‘the second war’. Which is it?
“Remember, the day after the PM had announced the first lockdown, he claimed that the war against Covid will be won in 21 days, as compared to the Mahabharata war that was won in 18 days? What happened to that war?”
On Saturday, Congress’ General Secretary Sonia Gandhi had chaired a meeting of all the chief ministers of states that are ruled by party wherein she reviewed the current covid-19 situation. She also alleged that BJP has mismanaged covid situation in the country, while adding that the export of vaccine must be banned with immediate effect.
India reported 1,68,912 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, setting another grim one-day record as the overall tally reached 1,35,27,717 so far. The health ministry data said here on Monday. With this, India has once again taken its spot as the second-worst hit nation in terms of infections after the US.
As many as 904 deaths were reported taking the total Covid related deaths in the country to 1,70,179 so far.
