Stop Central Vista work, allocate funds for oxygen, vaccines: Opposition leaders to PM Modi

Twelve Opposition party leaders have written to PM Modi, urging him to stop the work underway for the construction of the Central Vista project and instead allocate funds for oxygen and vaccine supplies in the country.

Twelve Opposition party leaders shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to stop the construction of Central Vista in New Delhi. The leaders suggested using funds allocated for the project to strengthen the health infrastructure, which has come under severe strain, due to the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country. The most important need is to rapidly expand vaccination coverage & ensure that no eligible citizen gets left out. INC stands prepared to work with the Union government in this most important and urgent of tasks: Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi at CWC meeting#COVID19India pic.twitter.com/beqZb55Rwd — Congress (@INCIndia) May 10, 2021 In the letter, Opposition leaders urged PM Modi to procure vaccines centrally from all available sources - global and domestic - and spend a budgetary allocation of Rs 35,000 crore for the same. They also requested him to provide Rs 6,000 per month as financial aid to the unemployed.