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by webmobdev 1699 days ago
Credit for what? India already had one of the largest vaccination programs in the world. Despite tried and tested innovative strategies of immunization available, Narendra Modi's BJP government still botched up the covid vaccination drive horribly and both indian and international media has covered this extensively:

- How India's vaccine drive went horribly wrong: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57007004

- India could see over 1 million Covid deaths by August due to Modi’s “self-inflicted national catastrophe”: https://qz.com/india/2006872/lancet-editorial-blames-modi-fo...

- The Indian government's failed vaccine drive has caused thousands of Indians to needlessly die - https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/the-india...

- Modi’s Vaccination Fumbles Leave India Behind in Race Against COVID-19: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/16/modi-vaccine-failures-i...

- Fix botched vaccination, reduce transmission to end current crisis: The Lancet to India: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/fix-botch...

- Narendra Modi fails India's vaccine test: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Narendra-Modi-fails-India-s-...

- Modi Backtracks on India Vaccine Drive After Intense Criticism: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-07/india-to-vaccinate-citizens-above-18-in-covid-fight-modi-says

- Complacency and Missteps Deepen a Covid-19 Crisis in India: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/world/asia/india-covid-va...

- The Guardian view on Modi’s mistakes: a pandemic that is out of control: https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2021/apr/23/...

- Modi’s liberalised vaccination policy is a mistake that other countries avoided: https://caravanmagazine.in/health/modi-liberalised-vaccinati...