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"I Stand Corrected," Says P Chidambaram, Fact-Checked On Vaccine Policy

"I Stand Corrected," Says P Chidambaram, Fact-Checked On Vaccine Policy

NDTV
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 4:47 AM GMT

On Monday, PM Modi announced in his national address that the Centre would provide vaccines free of charge to all above 18 from June 21 and would take back control of vaccination from states.

As opposition parties ascribed the government's vaccine policy change to the Supreme Court's sharp comments last week, Congress leader P Chidambaram today withdrew his own remarks criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on the Centre earlier allowing states to buy vaccines because states had demanded it. I told ANI 'please tell us which state government demanded that it should be allowed to directly procure vaccines'Social media activists have posted the copy of the letter of CM, West Bengal to PM making such a request.I was wrong. I stand corrected. Back in Feb '21 & multiple times thereafter, I'd written to the PM stating our long standing demand to provide vaccines to ALL for FREE.Took him 4 months but after much pressure, he has FINALLY listened to us & implemented what we've been asking all this while. (1/2) "The underlying message was that the central government learned from its mistakes. They made two cardinal mistakes and made effort to correct those mistakes, but as usual bluff and bluster, the Prime Minister blames the Opposition for the mistakes he committed," Mr Chidambaram was quoted as telling news agency ANI. "Nobody, but nobody said that Centre shouldn't procure vaccines. He (PM) now blames state governments saying - they wanted to procure vaccines so we allowed them. Let us know which CM, which state government, on what date demanded that he should be allowed to procure vaccines," he asserted. Soon after the remarks, as a letter from Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee emerged on social media, the former Union Minister put out a public take-back.
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