NEW DELHI: A day after the country achieved the milestone of 100 crore cumulative vaccine doses being administered, deputy CM Manish Sisodia said the target could have been achieved six months ago if the Centre had not exported the vaccine doses.
“While feeling proud for 100 crore vaccines being administered, we must also remember that had the central government started arranging for the vaccine in time, and not been greedy of gathering accolades by sending the vaccines abroad, our medical teams would have achieved the target of 100 crore six months ago,” Sisodia tweeted in Hindi on Friday.
In a statement, Sisodia later said, getting 100 crore vaccines administered in this country was a big deal, and for this, the medical teams and administration worked hard. “While it is a big deal to achieve this goal, but there is also the question as to why it was delayed due to the policies of the Government of India?” he added.
The deputy CM alleged that, in a country where two vaccines had started to be manufactured, for a long time the Centre ignored the fact that the people of India needed the vaccines too. He said, when the history of these 100 crore vaccines would be written, the question would also arise why did it take so long to vaccinate people when the country had the vaccine and the central government kept sending them abroad.
Sisodia claimed that while it was good that the Centre had patted itself in the back, but it should also take responsibility that because of its policies and greed to keep donating their vaccines to foreign countries, there had also been a delay of six months in administering vaccines in India.
