Tamil Nadu: Leader Of Opposition K Palaniswami Demands CM Stalin To Come Out With Vax Data

Palaniswami faulted the DMK government for lack of planning on vaccination of people, its distribution and other aspects

Leader of Opposition K Palaniswami.

Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami on Saturday demanded the DMK government headed by MK Stalin to publish a white paper on Covid-19 vaccines and their usage.

In a statement issued here, Palaniswami who is also the joint coordinator of the AIADMK, demanded a white paper from the Tamil Nadu 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.

மாண்புமிகு சட்டமன்ற எதிர்கட்சித் தலைவர் திரு. எடப்பாடி கே. பழனிசாமி அவர்களின் அறிக்கை.

விடியல் அரசே, தமிழக மக்களுக்கு கொரோனா தடுப்பூசிகளை வெளிப்படைத்தன்மையோடு செலுத்துக ! தமிழக மக்களுக்கு தடுப்பூசி வழங்கியது பற்றிய வெள்ளை அறிக்கை வெளியிடுக ! pic.twitter.com/mrX5utRgu3

— AIADMK (@AIADMKOfficial) July 17, 2021

Palaniswami faulted the DMK government for lack of planning on vaccination of people, its distribution and other aspects. He also said Stalin and other leaders of opposition for creating a scare about the Covid-19 vaccine while not in power.

Palaniswami said the DMK government has been giving false promises to the people like sourcing the vaccine directly through a global tender; manufacture of vaccine at the HLL Biotech's facility near here and source the vaccine from the market.

Tamil Nadu registered 2.205 Covid cases with 43 people succumbed to the deadly virus on Saturday. With these numbers, the active caseload stands at 28,590 while the death toll goes up to 33,695.  

(With inputs from IANS)