Rahul Gandhi slams govt, asks where are the vaccines

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NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Centre over the alleged vaccine shortage in states, saying there are ”jumlas (rhetoric)” but no vaccines.He tagged a media report which claimed that Delhi along with many other states was facing a shortage of vaccines but the Centre had denied it.”Jumle hain, vaccine nahin (There is rhetoric, no vaccines),” Gandhi tweeted using the hashtag ”WhereAreVaccines”.Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday had hit out at the government”s COVID-19 inoculation programme, terming its promise of vaccinating all adults by December end as an “empty boast” and a “false promise”.The Congress has been criticising the government over its vaccination programme alleging that it is slow.The Health Ministry on Tuesday had said more than 1.91 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, union territories and private hospitals to be administered.