PM Failed To Handle Covid Crisis, Meet Vaccine Demands: Mamata Banerjee

During her address in the Assembly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Bengal has received two crore anti-Covid vaccine doses so far which is "very inadequate" given the state's population.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday alleged the Centre has failed to meet the vaccine requirements of the state, forcing her government to make purchases of its own, and described Narendra Modi as "a shameless prime minister" who has his picture pasted everywhere -- from roadside hoardings to vaccine certificates. During her address in the Assembly, Ms Banerjee said Bengal has received two crore anti-Covid vaccine doses so far which is "very inadequate" given the state's population. "We have already vaccinated 2.26 crore people. The remaining 26 lakh we had to buy on our own, despite promises by the Centre that it would provide the required number of doses," she stated. The CM also sought to know why money from the PM Cares Fund wasn't used to bear the expenses for the vaccination drive. She claimed that the Centre, due to its faulty policies, couldn't handle the Covid crisis well.