Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi over 'discriminatory' vaccine policy, demands universal pricing

Congress president Sonia Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed her anguish over the Centre's new vaccination policy. She termed the Centre's new vaccine policy "arbitrary and discriminatory" and said the policy further aggravate the misery of the common man who is already suffering from the pandemic.

"It is surprising that despite the harsh lessons of last year and the pain inflicted on our citizens, the Government continues to follow an arbitrary and discriminatory policy, which promises to exacerbate existing challenges," she said in her two-page letter to PM Modi.

Sonia Gandhi also questioned the differential price mechanism for the Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. She has demanded that the Centre should ensure uniform pricing of the vaccine.