PM failed in basic math, vaccine policy reversal due to SC intervention: Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modis announcement that the Centre will provide free Covid-19 vaccine to states appeared to be the result of the Supreme Courts intervention.

In a series of tweets, the Hyderabad MP said private hospitals will continue to have a 25 per cent quota so that rich have 'VIP queue', while poor have to wait for vaccine availability.

He wrote "Thanks to PM for another episode of an unnecessary lecture that could have been a press release.

Although blame of a terrible vaccine policy has been put on states, it's Modi who failed to ensure vax supply, Owaisi said in one of the tweets.

Owaisi alleged that till April no money was spent on ramping up vaccine production and said the country gets only eight crore vaccine doses per month against the requirement of 60 crore by July.

He said PM failed in basic math.