ANWARUL HODA / PATNA
Reacting over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) free vaccine promise to the people of Bihar in its manifesto, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today said that the saffron party was trying to sell the vaccine for collecting votes in the upcoming Assembly Elections.
Releasing the BJP’s manifesto for Bihar polls, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said that the party’s vision document included the promise of free Covid-19 vaccination for the people of the state.
Attacking BJP over the move, RJD tweeted that Covid-19 vaccine belonged to the people of India and not to the BJP alone. Several other opposition leaders, including members of the Congress party, also slammed the BJP saying not just the people of Bihar but people of entire country should get free coronavirus vaccine.
Free vaccine was the first of the eleven poll promises listed by the BJP in its election manifesto, or ‘Sankalp Patra’, issued today.
The number one point said that India had created an example before the entire world in its fight against the novel coronavirus. The party also went on to say that as soon as Covid-19 vaccine gets approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), every resident of Bihar will get it free of cost.