Will get vaccinated only after Modi takes a shot, says Tej Pratap Yadav
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Will get vaccinated only after Modi takes a shot, says Tej Pratap Yadav
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AGRA: Former Bihar health minister and elder son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, who reached Mathura on Thursday, said that he would get himself vaccinated for Covid-19 only after Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a shot. Interacting with reporters in Vrindavan, Yadav said that he had been visiting the temple town for years, as he gets “energy from Krishna darshan”. Adding that he totally supports the agitating farmers and their stand on the new farm laws, Yadav said, “The government should accede to their demands.” Yadav’s comments add to the skepticism expressed by many other politicians over the Covid vaccine. Earlier, former UP chief minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had said that he would not take the vaccination shot as he did not trust the BJP. “I cannot take the BJP’s vaccine,” he had said in a press conference in Lucknow, adding if his party came to power in the state, he would provide a free vaccine to everyone. Congress leader Manish Tewari has also raised questions on the reliability of the vaccine. “The BJP government has politically misused the Covid-19 pandemic in its entirety. The controversy over the vaccine is its latest manifestation. Who is going to get himself vaccinated with a vaccine that has question marks on its reliability,” Tewari had told a news agency.
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The Times of India
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2021-01-09
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Agra