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Atrocious : Jairam Ramesh slams Centre over differential Covishield pricing
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Last Updated: Apr 21, 2021, 03:24 PM IST
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Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday criticised the Union government over differential pricing of Covishield vaccine, saying the Centre getting it at Rs 150 per dose and states at Rs 400 is no cooperative federalism.
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Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday criticised the Union government over differential pricing of Covishield vaccine, saying the Centre getting it at Rs 150 per dose and states at Rs 400 is no cooperative federalism. He demanded the Centre and state governments pay the same price for the COVID-19 vaccine. He said overcharging state governments for the anti-coronavirus shots will bleed dry their already stressed finances.
Sarbananda Sonowal pays tribute to Dr Bhumidhar Barman in Nalbari on Tuesday
GUWAHATI: Former Assam chief minister and veteran Congress leader Bhumidhar Barman was cremated with full state honours at his native place in Belsor, Nalbari district, in presence of hundreds of people who had assembled to bid adieu to their beloved leader.
Assam police gave a 21-gun salute to the Congress stalwart at the funeral attended by CM Sarbananda Sonowal, state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass, Assam Congress president Ripun Bora, other political leaders and top bureaucrats. Barman’s son Diganta Barman performed the last rites in the presence of his family members. Following Covid protocols, Barman’s cremation was completed.
Elaborating about the deteriorating situation across the country due to Covid-19, Congress leader Priyanka Gnadhi said that the Centre is engaged in election rallies for the West Bengal assembly polls.
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday slammed the Centre for showing insentivity towards people during the Covid-19 pandemic, saying when people are screaming for shortages of medical oxygen, medicines and hospital beds, the central leaders are seen laughing during election rallies. Even today they re busy with campaigning. They are laughing from the stages (at rallies). People are crying, screaming for help, seeking oxygen, beds, medicines, and you re going to huge rallies and laughing! How can you? the Congress leader told ANI in an interview.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra
NEW DELHI: The BJP lashed out at the Congress on Wednesday over its criticism of the Centre s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the country was seeing the Gandhi family s shameful arrogance at a time when everyone needed to come together to fight the virus.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra accused the Congress of spreading fake news and panic instead of being responsible in this hour of crisis.
Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, BJP general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh said, This man will end up becoming a big nuisance to his party also. Now, he targets one of the largest vaccine producing company. Shame on you.