Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Anurag Thakur on January 02 said Akhilesh Yadav’s statement for ‘not going to take COVID-19 vaccine as it’s a BJP vaccine’ is ‘very unfortunate,’ and it shows Samajwadi Party chief can't think above politics. He said, “Akhilesh Yadav's statement that he 'won't get vaccinated as it's a BJP vaccine' is very unfortunate...What can be more unfortunate than a young leader linking COVID-19 vaccine with a political party. It shows Akhilesh Yadav can't think above politics.” Earlier, Yadav in a press conference in Lucknow said, “I am not going to get vaccinated for now. How can I trust BJP’s vaccine, when our government will be formed everyone will get free vaccine. We cannot take BJP’s vaccine.”