Supriya Sule mocks DRDO making false claims about vaccines in Parliament
Supriya Sule mocked DRDO, saying that despite being the leading scientific institution, they are now manufacturing masks and sanitisers.
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New Delhi, February 4: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule, made false statements regarding vaccine manufacturing, and ridiculed the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on the fourth day of Parliament’s Budget Session.
DRDO has played a major role during the Covid-19 pandemic. DRDO has worked diligently whenever necessary. Right from building a 500-bed specialized Covid facility in Delhi to creating the effective medicine 2-DG for the treatment of coronavirus infection.
A video of her speaking in the session was shared on Twitter by another NCP MP Priyanka Chaturvedi. Supriya Sule mocked DRDO, saying that despite being the leading scientific institution, they are now manufacturing masks and sanitisers.
.@supriya_sule ji on DRDO - Defence Research & Development Organisation reduced to making masks and sanitisers& on vaccines..🔥 pic.twitter.com/TajRymurYs
— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) February 3, 2022
Sule went on to say that the vaccines are made by the Serum Institute of India, not by the government. She clarified that this is not what is meant by the phrase “Make in India.”
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But, she was factually wrong in all of her comments, as numerous individuals on social media pointed out. Prominent scientist Anand Ranganathan took to Twitter and wrote “Ms Sule is factually wrong on ALL counts. 1. She mocks DRDO. Fact: DRDO invented novel UV & mist sanitisers 2. She says govt hasn’t made the vaccine. Fact: ICMR has made Covaxin along with BB 3. She says SII has made vaccines. Fact: Oxford, not SII has made Covishield.”
Priyanka ji, Ms Sule is factually wrong on ALL counts. 1. She mocks DRDO. Fact: DRDO invented novel UV & mist sanitisers 2. She says govt hasn't made vaccine. Fact: ICMR has made Covaxin alongwith BB 3. She says SII has made vaccine. Fact: Oxford not SII has made Covishield. WDTT https://t.co/VVUn9ZlKAU
— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) February 3, 2022
It is noteworthy that the DRDO has been a benchmark organization for many years. Today, the DRDO is a network of over 50 laboratories dedicated to the development of defence technologies, life sciences, training, information systems, and agriculture.
DRDO has played a major role during the Covid-19 pandemic. DRDO has worked diligently whenever necessary. Right from building a 500-bed specialized Covid facility in Delhi to creating the effective medicine 2-DG for the treatment of coronavirus infection.