New Delhi, Nov 29: Congress or its allied ruled states have failed to accelerate the immunisation programme against COVID-19, official sources said on Monday.
The sources revealed that no Congress or its allied ruled states have so far been able to provide the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to more than 90 per cent of the eligible population including Jharkhand where only 66 per cent of adults have received the first shot.
Besides, the coverage of the second dose remains poor as well with less than 50 per cent of first dose recipients in these states have got their second shot, the sources added.
In contrast to Congress and allies, Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states have done a better job in covering eligible adults with Covid vaccination, the data shared by sources revealed.
According to the data shared, coverage of first & second dose in Congress or allied states fare:
• Jharkhand –66.2 %, 30.8 %
• Punjab –72.5 %, 32.8 %
• Tamil Nadu –78.1 %, 42.65 %
• Maharashtra –80.11 %, 42.5 %
• Chhattisgarh –83.2%,47.2%
• Rajasthan –84.2 %, 46.9%
• West Bengal –86.6 %, 39.4 %
Meanwhile, the performance of BJP ruled states according to the data shows:
• Himachal Pradesh –100 %, 91.9 %
• Goa –100 %, 87.9%
• Gujarat –93.5 %, 70.3 %
• Uttarakhand –93.0 %, 61.7 %
• MP –92.8 %, 62.9 %
• Karnataka –90.9%,59.1%
• Haryana –90.04%,48.3%
• Assam –88.9 %, 50 %
• Tripura –80.5%,63.5%
