Allow meeting of Public Accounts Committee to discuss vaccination policy, Adhir Ranjan asks Om Birla

NEW DELHI: Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has asked Speaker Om Birla to allow a meeting of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee(PAC) to deliberate upon the government’s vaccination policy, citing the importance of the issue in view of the raging pandemic.
Chowdhury, chairman of the committee, sent a letter to the speaker saying that meetings of the parliamentary panels have stopped because of the pandemic but vaccination policy is an urgent issue that should be discussed by the PAC.
"Today, the Policy towards Vaccinating the people for tackling the Covid-19 pandemic has become central and of utmost importance. As the lives and livelihood of the people of the Country as a whole are dependent on an effective ”Vaccination Policy”, I would request you to kindly permit the Public Accounts Committee to meet and deliberate upon this subject matter with the representatives of the Government i.e, the Ministry of Health, ICMR and others concerned (By any mode either physical or virtual, depending upon the Covid situation)." Chowdhury wrote in the letter.