Jharkhand: Free Covid vaccination a reason for fuel price hike, says BJP MLA Biranchi Narayan

DALTONGANJ: BJP’s Bokaro MLA Biranchi Narayan on Thursday claimed that the free vaccination for Covid-19 in the country is to be blamed for the rise in prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders.
Replying to a question on uncontrolled price hikes of fuel prices during a media interaction here, Narayan said, “The rise in prices of petrol and LPG cylinders is because of this free vaccination.From where will the Union government bring in money? You ought to have paid for your vaccine. Some inconveniences do come when big things are done.”
Meanwhile, Narayan criticised Mandar MLA and ruling Congress’s co-working president Bandhu Tirkey over reports of him allegedly trying to persuade deceased Sahibganj SI Rupa Tirkey’s family to refrain from demanding a CBI probe into her death case. “The CM must ask him to explain his conduct,” he said.
An audio clip of Tirkey’s conversation with Rupa’s family in this regard went viral recently.
He also demanded the removal of Latehar DC Abu Imran for “crossing his limits”. Two days ago, an audio clip of him went viral where Imran is asking Bandhu why he visited a minority-dominated area.
Bandhu was recently in Balumath to meet the family members of seven kids who drowned last week.
Narayan also took a dig at the ruling JMM charging it with trying to rob the Muslim vote base out of its ally — Congress. “First, the speaker allotted a namaz room in the assembly. Secondly, the state government has included Urdu as a notified language in the state’s recruitment policy but left our Hindi and other languages for appeasement politics,” he claimed.