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Senior Congress leader and former Minister B.K. Chandrashekar has said “the Cabinet government at the Centre has transformed into the Prime Ministerial government” and questioned the relevance of the Cabinet.
In a press release here on Thursday, he welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to procure vaccines and its distribution to States free of cost. But “where is the Union Cabinet in all this”, he asked.
Citing a book on the Constitution, Mr. Chandrashekar said “The Cabinet government has transformed into the Prime Ministerial government. This indicates the ascendancy of the Prime Minister at the expense of the Cabinet. Such a trend is obvious in India”.
They also said 13 states mostly non-BJP ruled ones had approached the government, asking it to reconsider the decentralisation strategy of vaccine procurement.
Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): The Parliament Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will hold a meeting on June 16 to deliberate on the country's Covid-19 vaccination policy.
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In a scathing indictment of how the Central governmentâs vaccine policy has been rolled out so far, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to disclose how the sum of Rs 35,000 crore â a figure announced in the Union Budget â was spent.
In a detailed and sharply critical set of observations, the bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, L.N. Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat asked for clarifications on six points including pricing, supply of vaccines and a roadmap of projected availability of vaccines till December 31. The sharpest comment on the state of affairs seemed to be this sentence where the apex court wrote: “Courts cannot be silent spectators