New Delhi/Varanasi: The issue of "side effects" of the Covishield vaccine sparked a political controversy on Tuesday, with the Samajwadi Party alleging that BJP took "commission" from the manufacturer of the Covid vaccine and the RJD accusing the Center of imposing it. . “Wrong” vaccine to the people of the country.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi who would be responsible for people dying of heart attacks.

Uttar Pradesh Congress also attacked Modi on this issue and alleged that the PM has played with people's lives. "Is this Modi's guarantee?" U Congress President Ajay Rai asked.

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, "Now it has 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 in Etah, UP.

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

“A donation of Rs 200-300 crore was taken (by the BJP) and they (the company) were allowed to sell the vaccine.People were forcibly vaccinated. Corruption has come to light in the manufacturing of the vaccine, due to which people are now dying,” 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." In Etah.

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".Speaking to reporters in Varanasi, UP Congress chief Rai said that Prime Minister Modi not only promoted Covishield during the pandemic, but he and his party leaders also sought votes in the name of the Covid vaccine in the elections.

"Will Modi ji and BJP take responsibility for the deaths due to side effects of the vaccine in the country?" Rai said.

The RJD alleged that the ruling BJP pushed for the vaccine to receive donations through electoral bonds.

"Mr. Prime Minister, who will be responsible for the millions of heart attack deaths that have occurred and will occur in the future due to the side effects of the Covishield vaccine?" RJD said in a post in Hindi on Twitter.

The Lal Yadav-led party said, "To collect donations through electoral bonds, BJP gave wrong vaccine to crores of countrymen? Experts should throw light on this."