Ranchi, Jun 4 (UNI) A delegation of the Congress party on Friday met Jharkhand Governor
Draupadi Murmu here and handed over a memorandum addressed to President of India to
ensure one crore vaccination everyday and every citizen be provided universal free
vaccination.
JPCC Chief and Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon and Legislature wing leader and
Rural Development Minister Aalamgir Aalam met the Governor at the Raj Bhawan and
handed her the memorandum.
Through the memorandum the Congress party has accused the centre of having the
vaccination policy full of flaws. It said that after framing the plan for vaccination the BJP
government has forgotten its responsibilities.
Further the Centre has been accused of creating a digital divide due to which the process
of vaccination has slowed down. On the other hand different slab rates were prepared for the
vaccines so that the common people can be looted in the time of pandemic.
The party claimed that so far for a population of 140 crore the government has placed
orders for only 39 crore vaccines.
The party through the memorandum claimed that so far both the doses of the vaccine has
been given to only 4.45 crore people of the country which was mere 3.17 percent of the
population. It pointed that on an average 16 lakh vaccines are being given in a day and
going by the present situation it will take another three years to get the entire population
vaccinated.
The party has demanded the Centre to provide free of cost vaccines to the government
and private hospitals. Further there was a need to get the entire population which is above
18 years age vaccinated by the end of this year as it was the sole tool battle Coronavirus.
The party has urged the President to give directions to the Centre to ensure one crore
vaccination everyday and alongwith also make sure that universal free vaccination should
be announced in the country.
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