Free Vaccine In Bengal, Says BJP. 'Jumla Like Bihar', Retorts Trinamool

West Bengal assembly election 2021: The BJP's promise of free vaccination in Bengal comes a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress made the same promise in a tweet on Thursday

The claim of free COVID-19 vaccination has become the latest flashpoint between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP as West Bengal prepares for two more rounds of voting in the assembly election. As soon as BJP government comes to power in West Bengal, COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost to everyone. pic.twitter.com/gzxCOUMjpr Trinamool made the commitment yesterday.BJP announces today.There is one BIG difference between the two. #COVID19Watch pic.twitter.com/CfEcKSKFGU During the Bihar election campaign in October last year, at the height of the first wave of the pandemic, the BJP had promised it would vaccinate people for free in the state where Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) and the BJP are in an alliance. The BJP has brought that promise to Bengal now. "As soon as BJP government comes to power in West Bengal, COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost to everyone," the BJP tweeted from its official handle.