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Mamata Banerjee trying to politicise vaccination drive before polls: BJP India Published: Saturday, January 16, 2021, 22:17 [IST] Kolkata, Jan 16: Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her allegations of fewer vaccines being sent to the state and accused her of trying to politicise the vaccination programme ahead of the assembly polls. Banerjee during the day expressed her dissatisfaction over inadequate number of COVID-19 vaccines supplied to West Bengal for the inoculation process. She should stop politicising everything. None of the states has complained only she is complaining about it. She is trying to politicise the issue before the assembly polls, Vijayvargiya said. ....
Banerjee had said that she has already “requested the central government to supply adequate numbers of vaccines for not only the frontline workers but also for all the people of West Bengal”. Earlier today, two Trinamool Congress MLAs Rabindranath Chatterjee and Subhas Mondal took the vaccine doses in Purbo Bardhaman district today triggering a political row. Inadequate number of COVID-19 vaccines supplied to WB However, hospital authorities claimed that no rules were violated as the MLAs were members of the Patient Welfare Committees and their names were mentioned in the selected list. Vijayvargiya had described the incident as “loot” saying the PM sent free vaccines for corona warriors, health workers and frontline workers but in West Bengal, TMC MLAs and goons took the vaccine forcefully. ....
»Coronavirus Vaccine Drive Sparks Row in Bengal as More TMC Leaders Get Jabs Than Healthcare Workers 2-MIN READ Coronavirus Vaccine Drive Sparks Row in Bengal as More TMC Leaders Get Jabs Than Healthcare Workers A health official shows a Covishield vaccine dose, after a consignment of the vaccine arrived from Serum Institute of India, in Tezpur (PTI Photo) The vaccination drive at the Bhatar State General Hospital began with local TMC MLA Subhash Mondal getting the first shot. Later, former TMC MLA Banamali Hazra, Zilla Parisha Karmadakshya Jahar Bagdi and Bhatar Panchayat Samity Public Health in-charge Mahendra Hazra also received the vaccine. At Katwa Sub-divisional Hospital, local MLA Rabindranath Chatterjee of TMC was among the 34 people who received the vaccine on the first day. ....
Outrage As TMC MLAs, Leaders And Not Health Workers Get Covid-19 Vaccine On Day 1 BJP s district general secretary Ramakrishna Chakraborty said that in the first phase the frontline workers should get the vaccines. PTI Photo/Shashank Parade Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-16T21:51:19+05:30 Outrage As TMC MLAs, Leaders And Not Health Workers Get Covid-19 Vaccine On Day 1 outlookindia.com 2021-01-16T22:16:44+05:30 Also read Several Trinamool Congress leaders, including two MLAs, were among the first few people who received the Covid-19 vaccine in West Bengal s Purba Bardhaman district in the first round of vaccination programme on Saturday, while many healthcare workers alleged that they were asked to come for the vaccine jab but could not receive it. ....
TMC MLAs, leaders get COVID vaccine on day 1, spark row PTI Updated : Jan 16, 2021, 10:36 pm IST Many healthcare workers alleged that they could not get the jab though they were asked to come for it A health worker checks the boxes of Covishield vaccine at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri on January 14, 2021. (AFP) TMC MLAs, leaders get COVID vaccine on day 1, spark row (Eds: Adding more reax) Burdwan/ Alipurduar: Several Trinamool Congress leaders, including two MLAs, were among the people who received the COVID-19 vaccine in West Bengal s Purba Bardhaman district on Saturday, while many healthcare workers alleged that they could not get the jab though they were asked to come for it. ....