Rahul Gandhi Should Look After Congress-Ruled States First Before Giving Lectures To Others: Javadekar

Mumbai: Criticizing Rahul Gandhi for the political turmoil in Punjab, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Congress leader should look at the states ruled by his party before giving speeches to others.

Javadekar told media persons, “Rahul Gandhi should first take care of his (Congress-ruled) states instead of lecturing others. The Punjab government has been provided with more than 1.40 lakh doses of Covaxin at Rs 400 and they have given it to 20 private hospitals at Rs 1,000.”

He said that the Government of India has given 22 crores COVID vaccine doses to all the states free of cost. He said that it is the state governments that had sought decentralization of the COVID vaccines. Now that this is done, states are seeking to centralize vaccine supply. The Union Minister accused the Punjab government of ignoring the people for petty politics.

“Punjab is affected by corona. The vaccination drive is not being managed properly. Their internal fight has been going on for the last six months. The entire Punjab government and Congress Party has been in Delhi for the last 3-4 days. Who will look after Punjab? Even for COVID vaccination, the state government wants to earn a profit. What kind of public administration is this?” added Javadekar.

The BJP leader’s remarks come against the backdrop of factionalism in Punjab Congress and deliberations in Delhi on the matter. Notably, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is in the national capital to meet the three-member Congress panel.

The agenda of the meeting is to resolve the widening differences between its leaders, Captain Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu, said Congress sources.

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