No State asked for paid vaccination, says Gehlot
The Hindu
‘Modi made an unsuccessful attempt to blame State govts.’
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made an “unsuccessful attempt” to blame the State governments while announcing centralised procurement of vaccines against COVID-19 and their free supply to States. “No State had suggested making payment from its budget for vaccinating the people of 18 to 44 years of age,” he said. While affirming that Mr. Modi was forced to withdraw his “wrong decision” because of the strong public sentiments as well as the Congress’ campaign for free universal vaccination, Mr. Gehlot said the Prime Minister should tell the nation as to which States had asked for paid vaccination.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












