New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a meeting with state Chief Ministers ahead of vaccine rollout, underscored that politicians really should not jump the queue and take the vaccine but wait for their turn, sources told . The government has ready a priority list for vaccination that is headed by one particular crore wellness workers and two crore frontline workers like the police, civil defence personnel and sanitation workers, for whom the vaccines will be absolutely free.
The Prime Minister’s warning came right after the Haryana government requested the Union wellness ministry to involve public representatives (MPs and MLAs) to be incorporated in the list for vaccination in the 1st phase.
On November 24, at the final meeting involving the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had produced the similar request. The Prime Minister had not responded at the time.
Later, state wellness minister Anil Vij had written to the Union wellness ministry, but received no response.