Kejriwal Questions Centre's Vaccine Policy

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"What if Pakistan attacks us?" As state governments scramble for vaccines, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal used a war analogy to deliver a message to the centre...

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00:00If Pakistan fights a war against India in the future, we won't ask all the states to look after themselves.

00:07We won't ask UP to buy their own tanks, Delhi to buy their own weapons.

00:10That's not how it works.

00:30The second wave started in March.

00:43We should have ordered vaccines from all over the world and given them to our people.

00:48We should have given them to our people.

00:50But at that time, all the states were told to look after themselves.

00:55All the states should make their own arrangements.

00:58All the poor states were determined to get the vaccine.

01:03I am in touch with many Chief Ministers.

01:06Almost every Chief Minister has made every effort to get the vaccine from here and there.

01:13Every state in the country has been trying to get the vaccine for the past two months.

01:20As far as I know, no state has been able to get an extra dose of the vaccine.

01:31Forget about the vaccines that the central government has given.

01:35No state has been able to get an extra dose of the vaccine from any company.

01:44The vaccine companies have clearly stated that they will not talk to the state governments.

01:48They will only talk to the central government.

01:50Many state governments have issued global tenders.

01:53All tenders have failed.

01:54Not a single vaccine has been approved yet.

01:57Then why is the country not buying the vaccine?

02:01Our country is currently fighting against the coronavirus.

02:06In a war like this, we cannot ask all the states to look after themselves.

02:12If Pakistan were to wage war on India tomorrow,

02:16we would not ask all the states to look after themselves.

02:19We would not ask the UP government to buy their own tanks,

02:21the Delhi government to buy their own weapons.

02:23This is not how it works.

02:24This is the time for India to work together.

02:28Different state governments should not compete with each other.

02:34I would like to tell the Prime Minister that

02:37all the Chief Ministers of the country are working with you as soldiers.

02:48You should give us responsibility.

02:50We will fulfil all your responsibilities.

02:52But the work that we do not have,

02:55how can the state governments do it?

02:58The work that the central government should do,

03:01the central government has to do it.

03:04How can we do it?

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