Number of ministers increased, not of vaccines: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed the government over the non-availability of vaccines and noted that vaccine shortage persists even though the union cabinet was expanded. He tweeted, "The number of ministers has increased, but not of vaccines," with the hashtag #WhereAreVaccines.

He further attached a graphic into the tweet which notes that India needs a vaccination rate of 8.8 Mn/day to stop a third wave of the pandemic by inoculating 60 per cent of the population with both doses by December 2021. However, the vaccination rate has only been 3.4 Mn/day over the last seven days, implying a shortfall of 5.4 Mn/day.

Rahul Gandhi had earlier requested the public to keep following Covid prevention protocol. He said, "Please keep the guard up- follow all precautionary protocols. Covid not over yet."

Modi expanded his cabinet and council of ministers on June 7 ahead of upcoming important elections. He presently has 77 ministers.