'BJP is 95% publicity, 5% effort': Gaurav Gogoi on Assam govt not fulfilling vaccination targets

GUWAHATI: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Friday claimed that the BJP government in Assam failed in their 10 days enhanced vaccination drive where it targeted to vaccinate 3 lakhs citizens per day.

"BJP government in Assam launched a 10 day vaccination campaign on 21st June with a lot of noise and fanfare. The daily target was 3 lac vaccines. But instead of giving 30 lac vaccines they only managed - 16.24 lac", said the MP taking to Twitter.

"Typical BJP, 95% publicity and 5% effort", he added taking a dig at the ruling government.

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Gogoi had earlier claimed the daily target was achieved only on two days. The rest of the days did not even achieve the 2 lakh mark, said Gogoi on the basis of media reports.

On June 27, a total of 10,347 doses were administered which is way behind the target of 3 lakhs, added Gogoi.

Further highlighting the shortage of vaccine, the Congress MP had said “The state has been witnessing a shortage of vaccine supply which has adversely affected vaccination envisioned in the immunization drive. As reported by the media, in Kamrup (Metropolitan) district, the vaccination numbers have reduced from around 25,000, recorded at the start of the drive, to about 12,000 now and in other vulnerable districts like Cachar and Dibrugarh, the corresponding figure has declined from around 15,000 to 7,000”.

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He further informed that Assam is in the bottom ten states, having vaccinated only 22.1% of its eligible population as of June 23.

Speaking about COVID fatality in the state, he said that Assam was among the top 10 states with highest increase in deaths on June 29 with a total of 42 deaths.

“The state also witnessed a shocking 12 deaths in 24 hours at GMCH earlier this week”, he added.

Gogoi also alleged that several COVID deaths have gone unreported in the state and that it didn’t count the people who were found positive posthumously. He urged that the process of declaring COVID-19 deaths should be revised and clarified.

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