The party took a dig at Modi a day after India achieved the highest record of 2.5 crore COVID-19 vaccinations in a single day.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Said it’s speed Vaccination country is needed.
“21 crore are waiting for many more days of vaccination. This is the momentum our nation needs,” he tweeted.
Waiting for many more days of 2.1 crore #vaccinations. Our country needs this speed.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1631940425000
Party leader P Chidambaram said he was happy and grateful that 2.5 crore vaccinations were done on Friday. “But why did we have to wait till the PM’s birthday,” he asked.
Suppose the prime minister’s birthday was on December 31, would 2.5 crore vaccinations have been done on the last day of the year, Chidambaram also asked.
“Vaccination is not like cutting a birthday cake. Vaccination is a programme, it is a process. It has to be accelerated every day, not peak birthdays,” he said on Twitter.
“BJP ruled states – UP, MP, Gujarat And Karnataka – ‘Perform’ on PM’s birthday and vaccinate many times more than the daily average. On other days, they are ‘non-performing’ states.
BJP-ruled states – UP, MP, Gujarat and Karnataka – “perform” on PM’s birthday and many times the daily average… https://t.co/H0FFfcrVLu
— P Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) 163195030000
The former Union finance minister said, “I wish the PM celebrates his birthday every day.”
In another tweet, he said, a third of the adult population had not yet received its first dose and only 21 percent had been fully vaccinated.
Taking a jibe at the opposition, Prime Minister Modi on Saturday said fever is being talked about as a side-effect of the vaccine, but a political party experienced fever after 2.5 crore vaccines were administered on his birthday.
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