Akhilesh Yadav Welcomes Centre's Decision For Free Vaccines To States
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COVID-19 Vaccine India: Akhilesh Yadav had earlier triggered a controversy by saying he will not get himself injected with a "BJP vaccine" against coronavirus.
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday welcomed the Centre's decision to provide free vaccines to states for all above 18 years starting June 21, and asked people to get themselves vaccinated, Taking a swipe at Mr Yadav for his remarks, UP BJP media co-convenor Navin Srivastava said it is "better late than never". In a tweet in Hindi, Mr Yadav said, "Seeing the public outrage, the government instead of politicising the corona vaccine announced that it would give the vaccines doses. We were against the BJP's vaccine but welcome the vaccine of Government of India. I will also get vaccinated. I appeal to those who could not get vaccinated for the lack of vaccines to do so." In an address to the nation on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the central government will provide free vaccines to states for all above 18 years starting June 21.
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