Madhya Pradesh assembly speaker Girish Gautam has written to MLAs in the State for contributing towards public awareness on Covid-19 vaccination campaign by getting themselves vaccinated at the earliest.
The speaker was constrained to ink letters to the lawmakers after these elected representatives proved laggard in vaccination drive and reportedly only 96 of them have gone for vaccination as of now.
Assembly secretariat has convened a vaccination camp for the MLAs on April 9 but sources claimed that the lawmakers have come up with one plea or the other for not getting vaccinated as of now.
In the letter, Gautam underlined increasing threat of the virus and growing slackness of the public. You act as a role model for your assembly so an active role is expected from you in COvid19 prevention and awareness measures, said the speaker in the missive.
I hope you have got the first jab of the vaccine and if not, go for it at the earliest for contributing in awareness in your region, the speaker said in the letter.
Gautam reminded lawmakers of 24-hour Swasthya Agraha convened by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal on April 6-7 for urging commoners for adhering to Covid19 safety protocol and urged the lawmakers to align their efforts with Chouhan’s laudable act.
The speaker himself, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and MPCC chief Kamal Nath have already got vaccination shots.