Lakhs deprived of COVID-19 vaccines in Bengal due to TMC's partisan policies: Suvendu Adhikari hits at Mamata Banerjee govt

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said, "The TMC government has procured only a few lakh vials so far and other states have done far better on this front. The ruling party wants to engage in politics over human lives, the lives of 10 crore people of West Bengal.”

New Delhi: Putting the onus on the West Bengal government for the pace of COVID-19 vaccination, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday (August 5) said that it is due to the Mamata Banerjee-led government's partisan policies which have deprived lakhs of the opportunity to get vaccinated.  Further, he claimed at least nine lakh vials sent by the Centre were wasted in the state and now the TMC supremo is blaming the central government. “But, in a 360-degree turn, she has changed her stance and is now putting the entire blame on the central government for the tardy pace of inoculation in her state," he was quoted as saying by PTI.  Addressing a meeting of health volunteers of the BJP, Adhikari claimed, "The TMC government has procured only a few lakh vials so far and other states have done far better on this front. The ruling party wants to engage in politics over human lives, the lives of 10 crore people of West Bengal.”