Rahul Gandhi slams Government on vaccine backlog, Chinese standoff
The Hindu
Congress questions failure to vaccinate entire eligible population by end of 2021
Former Congress party president Rahul Gandhi fired two year-ender salvos at the Narendra Modi government, questioning the pace of vaccination and falling behind its promise to administer both doses to the entire eligible population by the end of the year. He also hit out at the government on the Indo-China situation with Beijing in Arunachal Pradesh.
As per the , nearly 85 crore people have got the first dose and 60 crore have got both doses. Overall 94 crore persons of the Indian population, who are above 18 years, are eligible for COVID vaccine till now.
Mr. Gandhi tweeted, “The promise of the Central government was that by the end of 2021, everyone would get both doses of the vaccine. Today is the end of the year. The country is still away from the vaccine. Another rhetoric shattered!”
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