GOI, in tune with cooperative federalism spirit, and also because Health is primarily a state subject, liberalized vaccination administration from 1st May.
States could now directly but 25% of stocks.
Result - immediate U-turn by EXACT same Opposition. 2/5 #ModiSpeech
U-turns not limited to just decentralization process alone.
Multiple states announced FREE vaccination drive in all grandeur but then turned to GOI to get that promise fulfilled!
In reality, the Opposition states were JUST DOING abysmal and low-level politics. 3/5
Horrendous politics of Opposition just did not stop.
1. @yadavakhilesh first said "BJP vaccines" then asked for vaccination for all 2. @ManishTewari reached a new low 3. Maharashtra unable to vaccinate efficiently 4. Chhattisgarh inciting people against COVAXIN
What @ShashiTharoor has tried on Vaccine exports is not an aberration but typical of the entire atrocious approach of the Congress party.
One is constrained to use the word दोगलापन, for no other word can describe the actions of the Congress party. Consider the evidence. 1/5
Vaccine Exports
Now: @ShashiTharoor asking India to hang its head in shame for banning vaccine exports.
Then: @RahulGandhi in 8th April letter slamming GOI for exporting vaccines. @priyankagandhi participating in a puerile trend. And Tharoor himself asking for export ban. 2/5
Vaccination against COVID-19
Now: @RahulGandhi says India needs vaccine (24th April)
Then: Entire Congress machinery - @ManishTewari, @ShashiTharoor, Chhattisgarh Govt. and entire ecosystem directly incited people against vaccines and even used its state govt to scuttle it. 3/5
Let us look at what has been happening in the real world in the past few weeks and if the Congress or its ecosystem can deny the evil intent of any of it? 1/10
Tool: Defame India by calling B1617 as Indian Variant.
Action: No less than @RahulGandhi
himself branded the new mutant as 'Indian variant' despite WHO expressly forbidding it. Other Congress leaders took his cue.
Mr. Gandhi's close aide even called it 'Modi variant'. 2/10
Tool: Collaborate with foreign media to magnify distress with dramatic images
Action: Again @RahulGandhi leading from the front. What purpose does it serve to magnify personal moments of grief ?
Others fed into this gory politics of Congress to demean even the dead. 3/10
Problem with the joint letter by opposition politicians is that no one knows when to take these 'leaders' seriously? For they recommended one thing one day and do a complete U-turn the next day.
So which suggestion to accept? And when?
A response on each of the 9 points. 1/10
Point 01: Procure vaccines centrally.
Letter signed by Sonia Gandhi.
But @RahulGandhi wrote a letter in April asking for "State governments a greater say in vaccine procurement". Multiple Congress leaders asked for same.
So which suggestion to accept? Sonia ji or Rahul? 2/10
@RahulGandhi Point 02:Free, Universal mass vaccination
Letter signed by Sonia Gandhi.
But from @DrAMSinghvi to @ShashiTharoor and all others have been arguing for months for private channel vaccination. Whose suggestion to accept?
(central channel vaccination is FREE FOR ALL ELIGIBLE). 3/10
Lot of sensational narrative on why is there is so called differential pricing on vaccines between states & centre or that why has vaccine been opened for private sector etc?
Central government had a well defined, scientific & as per WHO guidelines, vaccination process rolling since Jan 2021.
Front-line, elderly, those with comorbidities, etc be vaccinated first to reduce mortality & then progressively open up. This process was progressing well. 2/10
However, there was a concerted campaign by Congress party highest echelons, opposition CMs, media editors and civil society that:
A) Vaccination process be opened up to allow private channel vaccination as well
B) States be given more leeway and liberalize the process