"Enough Of Discussion, Make Covid Vaccines Free": Rahul Gandhi's Ultimatum

Rahul Gandhi's tweet comes in the context the Centre's declaration that from May 1, there will be three different prices for Covid vaccines.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today asked the ruling BJP not to turn India "into a victim of its system" in the matter fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. He said vaccines must be provided free of cost to citizens and that this needn't be a matter of discussion anymore. In a sharp tweet of three terse Hindi lines posted today, the Wayanad MP said: "Enough of discussion. Citizens must get vaccines free of cost, end of matter. Don't turn India into a victim of the BJP's system." The tweet comes in the context of the debate over the Covid vaccine pricing, raging even since the Centre declared, under its 'Liberalised Pricing and Accelerated National Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy', that from May 1, there will be three different prices. Serum Institute of India said, for instance that it will sell its Covishield vaccine at Rs 400 per dose to state governments and to private hospitals Rs 600. Bharat Biotech's Covaxin will cost Rs 600 for state governments and Rs 1,200 for private hospitals, the company said. Its price for the Centre, however, would remain the same at Rs 150.