We are alive because PM Modi ensured COVID vaccine for us, says Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said Indians are alive today because Prime Minister Narendra Modi facilitated the manufacturing and administration of the COVID vaccine during the pandemic, news agency PTI reported.

Referring to the Centre’s ‘Vaccine Maitri’ initiative, the BJP leader said around 100 countries today credit Modi for providing them vaccine doses and protecting their citizens from the onslaught of coronavirus.

Recalling the COVID-19 outbreak, Fadnavis said many people lost their loved ones to the virus and the future looks bleak amid predictions that 40 to 50 crore people will perish in the country Because no one will come to India’s aid, according to PTI report.

Addressing a rally in western Maharashtra’s Sangli in support of the BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate, Fadnavis said, “Only a few countries had invented the vaccine. They believed that India would take (from them) the Covid vaccines.” Will ask for help.” Sanjay Kaka Patil told PTI.

Fadnavis said that then the world did not know that India had a veteran at the top of its leadership who knew how to protect its people.

“Modiji brought scientists together, provided them with the necessary resources and facilitated the manufacturing of a COVID vaccine in the country,” he said, PTI reported. He said that 140 crore people were vaccinated twice.

According to PTI report, the BJP leader said, “Today, we are alive because Modi gave us the vaccine. If we had not taken the vaccine, we would not have been here today to see this rally. It was Modi who gave us the vaccine.” Saved life.”

Fadnavis said that during his recent visit to Mauritius, the country’s President had requested him to express his gratitude to Modi for providing vaccine doses and saving the lives of the citizens of the island nation during the pandemic.

“Today, 100 countries accept that their citizens are alive because of Modi. I would say keep development aside because ‘Jaan hai to jahaan hai’. We are alive because of Modi, and only because of this, we can Express your gratitude to them by blessing them (by voting),” he said.

The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has fielded Shiv Sena’s (UBT) Chandrahar Patil in Sangli Lok Sabha constituency, which will go to polls in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on May 7.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 for 48 seats in Maharashtra are to be held in five phases between April 19 and May 20.

(With inputs from PTI)