Coronavirus | Cong. unhappy at NCP leader’s ‘premature’ announcement on free vaccines
The Hindu
The declaration should not have come at a time when the matter was under CM’s consideration: Balasaheb Thorat
A day after senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik said the Maharashtra government was in favour of providing free vaccination for its citizens above 18 years, the announcement has triggered a schism within the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi government, with the Congress on Monday expressing displeasure over the NCP leader’s statement. Disapproving of Mr. Malik’s ‘premature’ announcement, Revenue Minister and senior Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat said that while the Congress too was eager that all citizens between 18 and 45 years must be given free vaccines, the declaration should not have come at a time when the matter was under active consideration by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. “We did not like the fact that someone who was eager to take credit should have made a premature announcement. The Congress expresses its displeasure over this,” said Mr. Thorat, the former Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief.More Related News