Mass deception in the name of mass vaccination: Fakhrul
The government has politicised the mass vaccination programme by deceiving people, alleged BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.
"Our standing committee thinks the government has indulged in mass deception in the name of mass vaccination, without collecting enough vaccine doses to begin with. The mass vaccination campaign has become a drive to spread mass infection due to mismanagement and poilticisation," he said.
"We strongly condemn and protest the involvement of ruling party workers in the vaccination programme," he added.
Fakhrul came up with the remarks while unveiling the decisions of a virtual meeting of the BNP standing committee on Saturday, at a press conference at the party chairperson's Gulshan office.
He said BNP policymakers urged the government to take effective measures to vaccinate people.
He said the government had first announced to provide one crore doses of vaccines in the first week of the mass inoculation, but later it changed the decision and planned to inoculate 35 lakh people in six days.
"The government's every step regarding the vaccination has manifested how it has failed in ensuring vaccines for the country's people," he alleged.
The BNP leader again called upon the government to present a specific roadmap on vaccine collection and distribution.
On Saturday, the government kicked off another phase of its mass vaccination drive, aimed at inoculating 35 lakh people in six days. The vaccine jabs are being administered simultaneously in 4,600 unions, 1,054 municipality areas, and 433 wards of the city corporations.
Fakhrul said their standing committee meeting highlighted the issue of vaccine production in the country to provide people with vaccines within the shortest possible time while maintaining international standards.
The BNP leader said the contradictory remarks by a minister on not allowing unvaccinated people on the streets have clearly exposed the government's lack of coordination and irresponsibility.
He also voiced concern over the slowdown in the country's economic growth, increase in poverty, and hike in the price of essential commodities amid the pandemic.
Fakhrul said the number of poor and unemployed people has increased due to lack of proper steps taken by the government to handle the Covid situation. "The ruling party members have established a reign of plunder and corruption," he alleged.
He urged the government to consult with the country's leading economists immediately, and take realistic and effective steps to keep the economy afloat.
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