New Delhi: Taking jibe at the Centre for permitting the import of Covid vaccine after the country facing shortage, Congress Leader, Rahul Gandhi said that when he suggested the government to start importing vaccine, the BJP mocked him.
He said that the government that first took his suggestion lightly, later decided to the import the vaccine.
In a tweet directly mocking the government, he said that ‘First, they ignore you then they laugh at you then they fight you, then you win”.
It may be noted that the after reports of country facing acute shortage of vaccine for taking up extensive vaccination programme, the Centre, on Tuesday, announced that all vaccines manufactured outside the country which have emergency approval in the US, Europe, the UK, Japan or which are on the WHO Emergency Use Listing may be granted emergency use approval in India.
The Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi, had suggested the government to start importing vaccine as the country is facing shortage and vaccine making companies are unable to meet the sharply rising demand.
In a letter written to the Prime Minister on April 9, Rahul had requested for ramping up of the vaccination drive saying less than 1 per cent of the population had been fully inoculated in three months.