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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has accused Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan of making false statements on the issue of availability of COVID-19 vaccines in the country. Vaccination centres across the country are also being shut, he noted.
“Health Minister Harsh Vardhan should refrain from making false statements. When the country was struggling with lack of oxygen, he was saying there is enough oxygen in the country,” he said.
“Today, when there is a shortage of vaccines in the country, he says there are enough one crore vaccines in the country. But if we take all the states together, one crore vaccines will be finished in just one day,” Gehlot said in a series of tweets.
2 अप्रेल को देशभर में 42 लाख वैक्सीन लगाई गईं थीं लेकिन अब सिर्फ 16 लाख वैक्सीन ही प्रतिदिन लगाई जा रही है। देश में अलग-अलग जगहों पर वैक्सीनेशन सेंटर बंद किए जा रहे हैं। स्वास्थ्य मंत्री के ऐसे बयानों से आमजन में आक्रोश फैल रहा है।
2/2— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) May 26, 2021
स्वास्थ्य मंत्री डॉ हर्षवर्धन को गलत बयानबाजी से बचना चाहिए। जब देश ऑक्सीजन की कमी से जूझ रहा था तब वे कह रहे थे कि देश में पर्याप्त ऑक्सीजन है। आज जब देश में वैक्सीन की कमी है तो उनका कहना है कि देश में पर्याप्त एक करोड़ वैक्सीन है।
1/2— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) May 26, 2021
लेकिन सभी राज्यों को मिलाकर देखें तो एक करोड़ वैक्सीन महज एक दिन में ही खत्म हो जाएंगी।
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) May 26, 2021
He said that on April 2, 42 lakh vaccines were administered across the country, but now only 16 lakh vaccines are being administered daily. Such statements by the Union Health Minister are creating “resentment” among the public, he claimed.
Vardhan had said on May 19 that more than one crore doses are still in stock with state governments. Gehlot also demanded that the Centre issue guidelines on how bodies should be buried along the banks of Ganga and Yamuna rivers and also on immersion of ashes to prevent further spread of coronavirus.
“If the infection spreads from these dead bodies during the rainy season, there may be a possibility of further spread of the pandemic,” he said.
