Etah (UP), Amid the controversy over "side effects" of the Covishield vaccine, Samajwadi Party leaders on Tuesday alleged that the BJP took "commission" from the manufacturer of the Covid vaccine, which was "forcibly" administered to people.

UK-headquartered pharma company AstraZeneca has acknowledged that in "very rare cases", its COVID-19 vaccine, known as Vaxzeveria in Europe and Covishield in India, may cause side effects related to blood clots , but the causal link is unknown. According to court documents being cited in UK media.

In India, the AstraZeneca vaccine was manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.

Attacking the ruling BJP on the issue, SP national general secretary Shivpa Yadav said, “It has now been exposed that they have taken commission in the vaccine also.“People were given low quality vaccines and medicines.”

Shivpal Yadav was talking to journalists here.

Dimple Yadav, wife of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, said that people in the country were "forcibly given Covid vaccines".

"Donations worth Rs 200-300 crore were taken (by the BJP) and they (the company) were allowed to market the vaccine. People were forcibly administered the vaccines. Nowhere in the world were the vaccines administered forcibly.Corruption in vaccine manufacturing has come to light due to which people are dying now,” said Dimple Yadav, the SP candidate from Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat.

He told reporters, "Akhilesh ji had said that we will not get vaccinated because the vaccine had not been tested till then. Now, the number of heart attacks has increased in the country and due to this haste, people are suffering from serious diseases. Are." ,

Akhilesh Yadav had said that he will not take 'BJP's vaccine' and when his government comes, everyone will be vaccinated for free.

The Daily Telegraph reported that in a legal document submitted to the High Court in London in February for a group action brought by 51 claimants, AstraZeneca acknowledged that the vaccine it developed with the University of Oxford protects against COVID-19, which causes thrombocytopenia. Thrombosis may occur with the syndrome (TTS) in "very rare cases".

On the current Lok Sabha elections, Shivpal Yadav said that BJP is going to taste defeat on all 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh.

He said, “BJP will not get even 200 seats in the country.India Bloc is not forming the next government."