Those critiquing the Narendra Modi government on the inadequate information provided on COVID vaccine approval were met with the tag of ‘anti-national’ on social media.
Criticising the Opposition’s questions on Drugs Controller General of India’s (DCGI) approval for emergency use of Bharat Biotech-manufactured ‘Covaxin’ without proper completion of trials, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday, 3 January said, “ Anti-national comments & cynicism of the Opposition notwithstanding, @WHO has welcomed the Indian approval of both #COVISHIELD & #COVAXIN!”
With political leaders like Akhilesh Yadav calling Covaxin as “BJP’s vaccine” and Vardhan tagging questions about approvals as “anti-national”, a debate over nationalism ensued on Twitter.
This comes a day after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said that he will not get vaccinated for COVID-19 now as the “BJP’s vaccine” could not be trusted.
While some credited PM Narendra Modi for getting a vaccine…