‘Disgraceful’: Harsh Vardhan slams Akhilesh, Tharoor over Covid-19 vaccine ‘doubts’
India
Published: Sunday, January 3, 2021, 21:55 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 03: Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday launched a scathing attack at Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Jairam Ramesh and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for doubting the approval given to Bharat Biotech s vaccine while its third phase trial is going on.
Harsh Vardhan Disgraceful for anyone to politicise such a critical issue. Shashi Tharoor, Akhilesh Yadav and Jairam Ramesh-don t try to discredit well laid out science-backed protocols followed for approving Covid-19 vaccines, Vardhan tweeted.
Yadav has questioned India s Covid-19 vaccines and said he won t take BJP s vaccine . Congress leaders like Anand Sharma, Jairam Ramesh and Shashi Tharoor raised concern over the grant of approval to it without the phase 3 trials, saying it is premature and can prove dangerous.