Coronavirus | Maharashtra Congress slams PM's ‘Vaccine festival’ amid shortage of doses in State

BJP-ruled States like Gujarat are being supplied larger quantities than the State, it says

Hitting out atto step up mass vaccination, the Maharashtra Congress on Sunday questioned the idea at a time when vaccination centres across the State were rapidly shutting down and the BJP government at the Centre was allegedly politicising vaccine deliveries. Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief Nana Patole said while ramping up vaccination was undeniably the need of the hour, how was Maharashtra, the worst-hit State, supposed to maximise its inoculation when the Centre was not supplying enough doses. “Prime Minister Modi has urged Tika Utsav from April 11 to 14. How can a ‘festival’ be held when most of the vaccination centres in the State are closed due to lack of vaccine supply? To make matters worse, the BJP at the Centre is playing politics over stocks despite our State achieving the highest vaccination and sample testing numbers,” said Mr. Patole.