Mangaluru, May 22: Former minister and Congress leader U T Khader has questioned why the covid vaccines were sent to Pakistan and Bangladesh when people of India were not given the shots.
Addressing reporters, the incumbent Mangaluru MLA squarely held the BJP ruled central and state governments for the terrible covid crisis.
“Why did PM Narendra Modi-led government of India not give a nod to manufacturers when 22 companies are marketing vaccines across the world? Why did the government deny nod for companies to manufacture vaccines here? Further, what was the reason for sanctioning a nod only for Russian made Sputnik V? Why is there no transparency? Where is our Union health minister, finance minister and minister of food and civil supplies now? The BJP government needs to answer these questions,” Khader told reporters here on Friday.
The central and state governments have been stooping to a new low while engaging in damage control measures to save the face of BJP by levelling baseless allegations against Congress, he said.
On the compensation package announced by the state government, Khader said most of the eligible sections of the society, especially those from the coastal districts, were deprived of benefits. He also questioned the government for not announcing packages for fishermen, workers in the beedi industries, cashew factories, restaurants and private buses.
Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee president and MLC K Harish Kumar questioned the criteria for the distribution of compensation announced by the BS Yediyurappa government.
He said private school teachers are in distress as many of them have not been paid their salaries. “Though the government has announced a package, it has nothing to offer. Do not announce packages as a damage control measure to cover PM Modi’s failures,” he added.
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