Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reiterated his demand of providing free vaccine against COVID-19 disease to all the Indians by explaining the meaning of “free” and giving an example of how to use it in a sentence on April 29.
“free /friː/…adjective, adverb…costing nothing, or not needing to be paid for. e.g.- India must get free COVID vaccine. All citizens must receive the inoculation free of charge,” tweeted the former Congress president
“Let’s hope they get it this time,” he further said.free /friː/
adjective, adverb
costing nothing, or not needing to be paid for. e.g.-
• India must get free COVID vaccine.• All citizens must receive the inoculation free of charge.
Let’s hope they get it this time. #vaccine
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 29, 2021
India's vaccination campaign is all set to get a major boost from May 1 when everyone above the age of 18 will be eligible for the jab.
Maharashtra, which is leading in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the country, Gujarat, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and several other states have said they will provide free vaccination to all.
COVID-19 vaccination: These states will provide free jabs for all eligible beneficiaries
Earlier, Gandhi hit out at the government over the "high" COVID vaccine prices, saying the system has once again failed Indian citizens. "People's money was given to vaccine companies to develop COVID vaccines. Now, GOI will make the same people pay the highest price in the world for these vaccines," he alleged on Twitter on April 28.
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The Wayanad MP has been asking for free vaccination of all. "Enough of discussion. All citizens of the country should get vaccine for free. Don't make India a victim of the BJP's system," Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi on April 26. In another tweet, he hit out at the government to say that at least it has managed to control the truth about the pandemic.
"Like employment and development, the central government is not allowing the real data of corona to reach the public. If not the pandemic, at least the truth about the epidemic has been controlled," he said in a tweet in Hindi.
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