Centre pitting states against each other for vax procurement Dy CM

Delhi | Wednesday | 12th May, 2021

Summary:

Addressing an online briefing, Sisodia alleged that the BJP-ruled Centre was forcing the states to compete and fight in the international market for vaccines. The Delhi government will do it, some other states are preparing for it," Sisodia said about global tender for procuring Covid-19 vaccines. He charged that by pitting the states against each other and asking them to float global tender for procurement of vaccines, the BJP government has caused embarrassment" to the country. "The Central government raised a question to the Delhi government over why we haven't passed a global tender to procure vaccines. The Centre already exported vaccines that could have been used in India, and is now sowing a discord among states," Sisodia said..