Congress leaders meet Governor; seek free, universal vaccination
The Hindu
Party finds fault with the Centre’s vaccination plan
A Congress delegation, headed by the APCC president S. Sailajanath, on Friday met Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan and urged him to impress upon the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for implementation of a universal vaccination programme free of cost. In a memorandum submitted to Mr. Harichandan, the Congress said a universal immunisation drive was the only way to fight COVID-19 pandemic and defeat the virus. Mr. Sailajanath said even as the pandemic caused unprecedented devastation, causing immeasurable pain to a large population of the country, the “Modi government abdicated its responsibility and abandoned the hapless people to fend for themselves in this hour of crisis”.
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