INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Pratap Sarangi on Sunday said that all people of the country will be given free COVID vaccine, amidst the demand
by opposition parties in the country for it and not only in poll-bound Bihar as announced by the BJP.The BJP announcement of free COVID
vaccine for Bihar, where assembly polls begin this week, had kicked up a controversy with the opposition parties tearing into the NDA
the announcement was in order as it was an election manifesto announcement.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that all people will
be provided free of cost vaccines
An estimated Rs 500 odd will be spent on vaccination of each person, Sarangi told reporters after addressing a campaign meeting for the
November 3 assembly by-poll in Balasore.Modi had in a televised adddress to the nation on October 20 said that Indian scientists are in the
minister of state for animal husbandry, dairy, fisheries and micro, small and medium enterprises spoke in reply to question raised by Odisha
Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister, R P Swain.Swain had earlier in the day sought clarification from Dharmendra Pradhan and
Sarangi, the two union ministers from Odisha questioning them for their silence on their party BJP's stand on free COVID-19 vaccination for
the people of the state along the lines of the one being promised in Bihar.The governments of Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and
Puduchchery have already announced free of cost COVID vaccines for the people of their states, while Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
Balasore soil to clarify as to why the people of the state will not get free of cost COVID vaccine
The union ministers should clarify BJPs stand on the corona vaccination in Odisha.On the state governments steps for vaccination, Swain said
it has signed an agreement with a vaccine manufacturer and is committed to extend the facility to all people of the state.He, however, did
Sethi said the Centre has been supporting Odisha fully during the pandemic and has granted Rs 22,000 crore for the purpose."But large scale
lapses have been detected in the utilisation of the fund," he alleged.
