Vaccine Politics: After Maharashtra, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan Now Claims Vaccine Shortage

(PTI) New Delhi, Ta. 9
A literal conflict has erupted between the leaders of the ruling party and the opposition over the vaccine issue. BJP leaders claimed there was no shortage of vaccines. Opposition-ruled states, on the other hand, have retaliated by claiming that there is a shortage of vaccines. After Maharashtra, Delhi and Punjab, now Rajasthan also said that there is a shortage of vaccines.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that there is a shortage of vaccines. The Chief Minister of Rajasthan said that the amount of vaccine left in Rajasthan is only two days. If another 4 million doses are not received immediately, the state's vaccination mission will be affected. Ashok Gehlot said that plans have been made to vaccinate five lakh people every day in Rajasthan and so far 3,2,50 doses have been given, but now the plan has been put on hold due to insufficient supply of vaccines.
Earlier, Maharashtra also claimed that there was a shortage of vaccines. The Punjab Chief Minister also complained that Punjab was not getting enough vaccines. Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had also raised the issue of vaccine shortage. In Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party had questioned the central government's vaccine export policy. The AAP leader said that so far the government has exported 25 million doses of vaccine to nine countries. The government should send the vaccine abroad after all the people in India get the vaccine. The BJP retaliated by saying that the Aam Aadmi Party was spreading false fears.
In the midst of all these arguments, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that all people in India be vaccinated. At present, only people above the age of 5 are being vaccinated, instead all citizens should be vaccinated, the former Congress president demanded. Rahul Gandhi also raised the issue of export of vaccines in the letter. Rahul Gandhi said that it would be appropriate for the central government to stop the export of vaccines immediately and the mission of vaccination in the country should be taken forward at a time when the citizens of the country are in dire need of vaccines.
Amid claims of a vaccine ceiling-shortage, the CEO of the National Health Authority expressed concern about the vaccine's leakage. National Health Authority CEO Dr. Ram Sevak Sharma said the government was concerned that the corona vaccine was being wasted. However, he hoped that the vaccination mission would be met in the coming days as India's vaccine production capacity was good.