Mamata Banerjee trying to politicise vaccination drive before polls: BJP
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Published: Saturday, January 16, 2021, 22:17 [IST]
Kolkata, Jan 16: Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her allegations of fewer vaccines being sent to the state and accused her of trying to politicise the vaccination programme ahead of the assembly polls.
Banerjee during the day expressed her dissatisfaction over inadequate number of COVID-19 vaccines supplied to West Bengal for the inoculation process. She should stop politicising everything. None of the states has complained only she is complaining about it. She is trying to politicise the issue before the assembly polls, Vijayvargiya said.
Banerjee had said that she has already “requested the central government to supply adequate numbers of vaccines for not only the frontline workers but also for all the people of West Bengal”.
Earlier today, two Trinamool Congress MLAs Rabindranath Chatterjee and Subhas Mondal took the vaccine doses in Purbo Bardhaman district today triggering a political row. Inadequate number of COVID-19 vaccines supplied to WB
However, hospital authorities claimed that no rules were violated as the MLAs were members of the Patient Welfare Committees and their names were mentioned in the selected list.
Vijayvargiya had described the incident as “loot” saying the PM sent free vaccines for corona warriors, health workers and frontline workers but in West Bengal, TMC MLAs and goons took the vaccine forcefully.
Mamata trying to politicise vaccination programme: Vijayvargiya on allegations of less vaccines sent to Bengal
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Last Updated: Jan 16, 2021, 08:41 PM IST
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Synopsis She should stop politicising everything. None of the states has complained only she is complaining about it. She is trying to politicise the issue before the assembly polls, Vijayvargiya said. She earlier said that she will provide vaccines free of cost. The centre has already said that it would provide the vaccines for free but the TMC government jumped into it to claim credit, he said.
Kolkata: BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her allegations of fewer vaccines being sent to the state and accused her of trying to politicise the vaccination programme ahead of the assembly polls. Banerjee during the day expressed her dissatisfaction over inadequate number of COVID-19 vaccines supplied to West Bengal for the inocu