Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday known as for registration of a felony case in opposition to Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu and speedy sacking of 80,000 of the one lakh vaccine doses acquired from the Center to personal hospitals at large revenue. demanded. and later to permit the widespread man to cost one other premium on the dosage.
SAD president Talwandi was in Sabo to launch the second Vaccine Service Center arrange by the Shiromani Samiti, the place individuals had been vaccinated freed from price. He was accompanied by SGPC President BB Jagir Kaur and former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
Sukhbir Badal himself termed profiteering in addition to an inhuman act of permitting personal establishments to earn revenue at the price of human life and mentioned, “Balbir Sidhu doesn’t get away from this felony act by pretending to be ignorance about the entire matter. Can. It is the officers of his division who’ve accredited this act. Sidhu needs to be sacked instantly and there needs to be a judicial inquiry into this multi-crore rip-off.
The Akali Dal President mentioned that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh additionally inspired the rip-off by not taking well timed motion and remains to be maintaining silent on this crime in opposition to humanity.
“Instead of serving the people in times of health emergency, by ensuring quick vaccination of common man free of cost, people are being harassed by forcing them to pay only Rs 1560 to Rs 2100 per dose,” the Chief Minister mentioned. 400 per dose”.
He mentioned it was surprising that the federal government first elevated the dose of the vaccine from Rs 400 to Rs 1060 per dose after which allowed personal establishments to promote it at Rs 1560 per dose. “This is pure and simple loot and instead of keeping silent and saving the culprits, the Chief Minister should explain how it happened under his watch”.
Sukhbir Badal additionally expressed deep sorrow over the way of State Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan in conspiring to revenue personal hospitals from the sale of vaccines procured by the Punjab Government at managed charges.
Badal mentioned, “The Chief Secretary tweeted the names of private hospitals from where people could get themselves vaccinated at huge rates instead of informing about the availability of vaccines in the government sector.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
