LUCKNOW: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and national president of
Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said that covid -19 vaccination is a sensitive exercise as it pertains to protecting human lives and the ruling BJP must not showcase it as a gala event or a mega exhibition.
The statement comes a day after Akhilesh drew flak from various quarters on Saturday after he announced that he won't take the vaccine for now as he did not trust the BJP. SP chief’s comments triggered a row as not only the BJP but National Conference vice- president Omar Abdullah also tweeted: “I don’t know about anyone else but when my turn comes I’ll happily roll up my sleeve & get a Covid vaccine…”.
“Vaccination for Covid-19 ins a sensitive exercise and the BJP must not treat it as just another gala event or mega exhibition. The government must make all arrangements fool-proof and well in advance before starting this exercise as it involves human lives. There is no scope for making improvements once the vaccination is done. Government should also announce the date from which the poor will be vaccinated,” Akhilesh tweeted on Sunday.
However, hours after his Saturday's statement, party MLC from Mirzapur
Ashutosh Sinha went a step ahead to claim that people are afraid that
Covid-19 vaccine can make them impotent.
"If honourable
Akhilesh Yadav has said this (that he will not take the vaccine), then there will be something serious. We do not believe in the machinery of the government. He has said this based on facts. If he is not vaccinating himself, then I think Covid-19 vaccine might contain something, which can cause harm," he said hours after Akhilesh described the vaccine as 'BJP vaccine'.
" Tomorrow, people will say the vaccine was given to reduce the population. You can even become impotent, anything can happen," Sinha, SP Mirzapur MLC said while talking to the media. "And If Akhilesh Yadav is saying this, then I think no one should get vaccinated in the state," he had said.