BHOPAL: Taking a cue from BJP in
Bihar who announced on Thursday to provide free Covid
vaccine to the poor in the state,
Madhya Pradesh chief minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that poor families in the state will get free Covid-19 vaccine.
"BJP has said a very good thing in Bihar. And I am also saying the same thing here. Let the Corona vaccine come, every poor in Madhya Pradesh will be administered free vaccine," chief minsiter Chouhan announced during a poll rally in
Gwalior on Thursday evening.
He further said, "I want to save from Corona, then poor will be saved first. we will also try to make arrangements for the rest as well. The BJP government is for the development".
However, after chief minister's announcement in Gwalior, an official tweet by Chouhan stated that Corona vaccine will be administered to all citizens in Madhya Pradesh. But, the government later clarified that CM had made the announcement for only poor.
"We have controlled the Corona infection to an extent but, vaccine is the only cure for it and vaccine should be given to the public," read the tweet by CM.
The Congress though raised objections to the chief minister's remarks and said that Chouhan's statement was confusing. "Earlier the chief minister said that Corona vaccine would be provided only to poor families. In his tweeted posted later, he said Covid-19 vaccine will be given to all citizens. This is confusing," said Congress state media coordinator, Narendra Saluja.