Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi met women farmers in Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh and briefed them on the party's schemes for women empowerment ahead of the 2022 UP polls.
Villagers Jump Into River to Escape COVID-19 Vaccination in UP s Barabanki
The villagers claimed they leaped into the river because they were told it was a poisonous injection rather than a vaccine.
| 24 May 2021 9:50 AM GMT
Villagers in Uttar Pradesh s Barabanki leaped into the Sarayu river to avoid vaccination as a team of health officials arrived to inoculate them in a bizarre incidence of vaccine reluctance.
According to Rajiv Kumar Shukla, Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Ramnagar Tehsil, the incident occurred on Saturday.
Only 14 persons were vaccinated, despite the Sub-Divisional Magistrate explaining the need and benefits of vaccination and attempting to debunk myths.