Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday sought to advise Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that he should first look after States ruled by his party like Punjab before sermonising others on the Covid-19 management.
"Rahul Gandhi should first look after his (Congress-ruled) States rather than giving lectures to others. Punjab Government has been provided more than 1.40 lakh doses of Covaxin at ` 400 and they have given it to 20 private hospitals at `1,000", said Javadekar.
He said the Government of India has given 22 crore Covid vaccine doses to all states for free and it is the state governments that had demanded decentralisation of Covid vaccines.
"Now when it has been done, the States are demanding centralising the vaccine supply", said the senior BJP leader.
The Union Minister accused the Punjab Government of ignoring the people for petty politics.
"Punjab is affected by corona. The vaccination drive is not being managed properly. Their internal fight has been going on for the last six months. The entire Punjab government and Congress Party has been in Delhi for the last 3-4 days. Who will look after Punjab? Even for COVID vaccination, the state government wants to earn a profit. What kind of public administration is this?", wondered Javadekar.
The BJP leader's remarks come amidst internal political rift in the Punjab Congress and an ongoing tug of war for the state leadership between Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and the dissident Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu
A day before, former Congrees President had alleged that the Modi-government is hiding actual COVID-19 deaths.
"Government of India is hiding actual Covid deaths," he tweeted and demanded free COVID-19 vaccination in the country.