Bihar CM delays Covid vaccination drive to celebrate PM’s birthday: Tejashwi Prasad Yadav

PATNA: RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Wednesday alleged that chief minister Nitish Kumar’s decision to conduct a mega vaccination drive on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday was nothing but to make the latter happy. Tejashwi also alleged that the move has been planned by slowing down the vaccination process in the state because Nitish was afraid of losing his chair after BJP changed its CM in Gujarat and planning the same in some other NDA-ruled states.
The Bihar CM has announced a mega Covid-19 vaccination drive across the state on September 17 to mark Modi’s birthday.
“Nitish Ji is busy in flattering PM Modi, the same person from whom he had snatched the plate earlier,” Tejashwi told a TV news channel. “The vaccination drive started in January. How many people have been given the vaccines so far?” Tejashwi asked. He also slammed the BJP for organising a mega celebration on PM’s birthday, while the people in state were suffering from flood and fertilizers crisis.
Congress state spokesperson Rajesh Rathorre said the man who a few years ago had delivered speeches against PM Modi was now busy in celebrating his birthday. “In past six months, the BJP has changed four chief ministers. Nitish knows he will also be ousted by the BJP and is leaving no stone unturned to save his chair,” Rathorre said.
However, JD(U) state spokesperson Arvind Nishad hit back at the opposition leaders and said Tejashwi should first update himself about the works being done by the state government. Sharing the data, Nishad said so far over 4.39 crore people have been tested and now Bihar had only 73 active Covid cases on Tuesday. “Tejashwi is suffering from a disease called rajnetik rataundhi (political night blindeness). He is still in the shock of not becoming the CM and sees everything from the same prism,” said Nishad.