Chennai: AIADMK joint coordinator and Leader of Opposition in Tamilnadu Assembly Edappadi K Palaniswami has demanded from the DMK government to publish a white paper on Covid-19 vaccines and its usage, earning a sharp reaction from Health Minister M Subramanian.
Palaniswami demanded a white paper from the Tamilnadu government specifying (a) the number of vaccine doses supplied to the state by the central government in the past two months, (b) how many people were given the shots, (c) how many people are to be given the second shot, (d) how the vaccines received from the central government are distributed to the districts and (e) at the vaccination centres who are all given preference for the jabs.
Responding to the former Chief Minister, Subramanian said that all details regarding the vaccination drive are being provided to the media, and wondered in a tongue-in-cheek manner if the Opposition leader has any time to check the news.
“We did not want to do politics over it. But since the AIADMK has brought it up, we are forced to inform the public of the previous government’s shortcomings in Covid mitigation. Your government vaccinated less number of people and did not even seek vaccines from the Union government,” he said.