A free COVID vaccination drive for one lakh beneficiaries was kicked-off on Friday by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee and during the drive, the first shot was taken by state unit chief DK Shivakumar at Davangere. Shivakumar said, "Former Minister Shamanur Shivashankarappa has placed an order worth ₹4 crore to administer the vaccine to people of his constituency. The Congress party has established a vaccination center at Durgamma Mariamma Temple Davangere where people irrespective of party affiliations will be administered vaccines. "I request everyone to take the vaccination as it is the most reliable way to defeat COVID," he said. "BJP has not made enough vaccines available to Karnataka, choosing to export them instead for their own narrow PR Gains.

Source: Mint June 04, 2021 17:55 UTC