There was no need to create fear over the lack of a vaccine, and would be available to all, PM Narendra Modi Told political parties on Tuesday evening that they held a meeting of floor leaders of both houses of Parliament on the country’s COVID-19 response.
Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan made a presentation on the status of coronavirus in the country and its vaccination campaign. Other leaders including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi attended the meeting. However, the main opposition Congress along with RJD, Aam Aadmi Party and Left parties decided to boycott the meeting. The Punjab-based Akali Dal too refused to participate, saying the party was only interested in attending meetings where farmer-based issues are addressed.
In the meeting, several opposition parties including Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena raised the issue of lack of vaccination in their respective states.
According to sources, the Prime Minister said that there is no need to panic or create fear on the issue of vaccines. Vaccines are available in sufficient numbers, the PM said, adding that six more vaccines are in various stages of approval; That would be enough to vaccinate most of India’s population.
Modi, however, expressed concern over the rising number of cases in the country, especially where people were vaccinated with both their doses and are still getting infected, sources said. He said that he reiterated the urgent need to ensure adherence to the COVID-protocol and not let the guard down.
Sources said that the PM also expressed his disappointment over the kind of politics played on the pandemic and appealed to all political parties to refrain from it.
Modi urged them to reach out to the masses and make sure to do away with any hesitation of vaccination, a sentiment that still exists, especially in rural and other remote areas.
Sources said the Biju Janata Dal asked the PM to provide 95% of the vaccine for government hospitals, as the consumption of vaccines was slow in private hospitals. Other parties also requested the government to ensure that Covaxin received international approval, as many citizens, including professionals and students, wanted to travel abroad, but could not do so because the jab is not recognized by many countries.
MoS Arjunram Meghwal and V Muraleedharan, Lok Sabha Deputy Floor Leader Rajnath Singh, Leader of House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal, Deputy Rajya Sabha leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Junior Health Minister Bharathi Pawar also attended the meeting.
Sudip Bandopadhyay and Derek O’Brien from the TMC, Professor Ram Gopal Yadav from the Samajwadi Party, Dr. K Keshava Rao and Nama Nageswara Rao from TRS, Vijay Sai Reddy and Muthun Reddy from YSR Congress, Supriya Sule and Sharad Pawar from NCP, Prasanna Acharya and Pinaki Misra from BJD, Pashupati Paras from Lok Jan Shakti Party, Vinayak Raut from Shiv Sena, R Navaneethakrishnan from AIADMK, Satish Mishra and Ritesh Pandey from BSP, Lalan Singh from JDU GK Vasan from Tamil Manila Congress and Rajya Sabha MP from JDS HD Devegowda were also in attendance.
Oxygen plant in every district: PM
The Prime Minister spoke about the efforts being made to ensure that one oxygen plant is set up in each district across the country. He told the leaders about the growing pace of India’s vaccination program and how it took about 85 days to deliver the first 100 million doses, while the last 100 million doses took 24 days.
He told the leaders that the daily completion figures show an average of over 1.5 crore vaccines administered at the end of the day across the country.
Modi also stressed on the need for proper planning of vaccination campaign at the district level based on the enhanced availability indicated by the central government to ensure that people do not face any inconvenience.
The Prime Minister said that it is a matter of concern that a large number of health workers and frontline workers are yet to get their vaccine even six months after the vaccination campaign started in India, adding that states need to be more proactive towards it. need to be.
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