Akhilesh Yadav welcomes Centre's decision on free vax to States

Lucknow Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday welcomed the Centre's decision to provide free vaccines to States for all above 18 years starting June 21, and asked people to get themselves vaccinated, Taking a swipe at Yadav for his remarks, UP BJP media co-convenor Navin Srivastava said it is "better late than never". In a tweet in Hindi, Yadav said, "Seeing the public outrage, the government instead of politicising the corona vaccine announced that it would give the vaccines doses. We were against the BJP's vaccine, but welcome the vaccine of Government of India. I will also get vaccinated. I appeal to those who could not get vaccinated for the lack of vaccines to do so." In an address to the nation on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the central government will provide free vaccines to States for all above 18 years starting June 21. When the coronavirus vaccine was launched in January, Yadav had sought to know from the government how the drive will be conducted and when the poor will get the shot free of cost.