Give Us Permission, Congress Will Procure Vaccines Sooner than PM Modi, Yediyurappa, Says DK Shivakumar
As India faces a shortage of vaccines amid the second coronavirus wave, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president DK Shivakumar took to Twitter and said: “Congress Party would like permission to directly approach vaccine makers across the world and procure them. We will show that we can do the vaccination drive better and faster than Modi and Yediyurappa together are able to.”
Minutes before Shivakumar’s tweet, former Karnataka CM and Congress legislative party leader Siddaramaiah addressed the media and said the state Congress has decided to donate Rs 100 crore to procure vaccines. Speaking to the media, he said: “We have decided to give Rs 100 crore from the Congress party. But on one condition; the money should only be used to procure vaccines and there has to be transparency on how the money is being spent.”
Most of the states are facing scarcity of vaccines and those who are aged above 45 are unable to get their second shot. The Centre has now said the gap between first and second jab of Covishield should be 12–16 weeks.