The Covid-19 vaccination drive gained momentum in Mulayam Singh Yadav villagers. As we know, he belongs to the Saifai block of the Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh. He had got himself vaccinated on Monday at a private hospital in Lucknow.

The Bhartiya Janta Party Uttar Pradesh unit said Singh’s move was a “good message”. They also said SP workers and its president should take inspiration from him.

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आज समाजवादी पार्टी के संस्थापक, पूर्व रक्षा मंत्री, पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री, आदरणीय नेताजी जी ने लगवाई कोरोना वैक्सीन। pic.twitter.com/DfZzcXMGAk
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) June 7, 2021

However, 147,138 people have vaccinated in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah as of now, with over 7,000 in the Saifai block. At a government primary school camp located in the Geenja village of Saifai block, people came out in large numbers to get themselves vaccinated. Shivkranti (61) said that earlier she was hesitant towards taking the vaccine, but after seeing the efficiency of the vaccine, she changed her mind.

Locals standing near the camp in Barauli Kalan village said “When Netaji [Mulayam Singh Yadav] has taken the vaccine, then why can’t we?”

Akhilesh Yadav made a tweet in Hindi saying:

जनाक्रोश को देखते हुए आख़िरकार सरकार ने कोरोना के टीके के राजनीतिकरण की जगह ये घोषणा करी कि वो टीके लगवाएगी।

हम भाजपा के टीके के ख़िलाफ़ थे पर ‘भारत सरकार’ के टीके का स्वागत करते हुए हम भी टीका लगवाएंगे व टीके की कमी से जो लोग लगवा नहीं सके थे उनसे भी लगवाने की अपील करते हैं।
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) June 8, 2021