New Delhi, Oct. 23: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation on Friday after the country’s milestone of 100 crore vaccinations, said the vaccination programme was “science-born, science-driven and science-based”, and asserted that it had been ensured there was no “VIP culture” in the drive. From the development of vaccines to inoculation, science and science-based approach have been involved in all processes, he added.

“100 crore vaccines is just not a number. It is the reflection of the capacity of this country, this is a new chapter of the country, a country that knows how to achieve huge targets,” Modi further said.

According to the Indian Media, Saying that the achievement was an answer to all those criticising India’s inoculation drive, Modi said, “Everyone is comparing India to other countries but remember India’s starting point was different. The other countries have always participated in medicine and vaccination for a long time and everyone questioned whether India will be able to do the needful. 100 crore jabs is the answer to all the questions.”

This was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenth address to the nation since March 2020. The first was on March 19, 2020, in which PM Modi had announced the Janta Curfew amid surging Covid-19 cases. Earlier in the day, describing India’s vaccination drive as a journey from “anxiety to assurance” that has made the the country emerge stronger, Indian Prime Minister Modi wrote: “The journey from anxiety to assurance has happened and our nation has emerged stronger, thanks to the world’s largest vaccination drive. It has been a truly bhagirath effort involving multiple sections of society.”