<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi should celebrate his birthday every day as some BJP-ruled states "performed" on the day and vaccinated many times the daily average, the Congress said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The party took a dig at Modi a day after India achieved the highest <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/india-administers-record-25-crore-covid-19-vaccine-doses-in-a-day-on-pm-modis-birthday-1031413.html" target="_blank">record of 2.5 crore Covid-19 vaccinations</a> on a single day.</p>.<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said this is the pace of vaccination the country needs.</p>.<p>"Looking forward to many more days of 2.1 crore vaccinations. This pace is what our country needs," he tweeted.</p>.<p>Party leader P Chidambaram said he was happy and grateful that 2.5 crore vaccinations were administered on Friday. "But why did we have to wait until the PM's birthday," he asked.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/political-parties-experienced-fever-after-record-vaccination-pm-modi-takes-potshots-at-opposition-1031690.html" target="_blank">Modi takes potshots at Oppn after record vaccination</a></strong></p>.<p>Suppose the prime minister's birthday was on December 31, would the 2.5 crore vaccinations have been done only on the last day of the year, Chidambaram also asked.</p>.<p>"Vaccination is not like cutting a cake on a birthday. Vaccination is a programme, it is a process. It has to be accelerated every day, not scale a peak on a birthday," he said on Twitter.</p>.<p>"BJP ruled states -- UP, MP, Gujarat and Karnataka -- 'perform' on the PM's birthday and vaccinate many times the daily average. On other days, they are 'non-performing' states.</p>.<p>"I wish the PM celebrated his birthday every day," the former Union finance minister added.</p>.<p>In another tweet, he said, one-third of the adult population was yet to receive its first dose and only 21 per cent had been fully vaccinated.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Modi, in a swipe at the opposition, on Saturday said there is talk of fever as a vaccine side-effect, but a political party experienced fever after 2.5 crore vaccines were administered on his birthday.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi should celebrate his birthday every day as some BJP-ruled states "performed" on the day and vaccinated many times the daily average, the Congress said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The party took a dig at Modi a day after India achieved the highest <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/india-administers-record-25-crore-covid-19-vaccine-doses-in-a-day-on-pm-modis-birthday-1031413.html" target="_blank">record of 2.5 crore Covid-19 vaccinations</a> on a single day.</p>.<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said this is the pace of vaccination the country needs.</p>.<p>"Looking forward to many more days of 2.1 crore vaccinations. This pace is what our country needs," he tweeted.</p>.<p>Party leader P Chidambaram said he was happy and grateful that 2.5 crore vaccinations were administered on Friday. "But why did we have to wait until the PM's birthday," he asked.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/political-parties-experienced-fever-after-record-vaccination-pm-modi-takes-potshots-at-opposition-1031690.html" target="_blank">Modi takes potshots at Oppn after record vaccination</a></strong></p>.<p>Suppose the prime minister's birthday was on December 31, would the 2.5 crore vaccinations have been done only on the last day of the year, Chidambaram also asked.</p>.<p>"Vaccination is not like cutting a cake on a birthday. Vaccination is a programme, it is a process. It has to be accelerated every day, not scale a peak on a birthday," he said on Twitter.</p>.<p>"BJP ruled states -- UP, MP, Gujarat and Karnataka -- 'perform' on the PM's birthday and vaccinate many times the daily average. On other days, they are 'non-performing' states.</p>.<p>"I wish the PM celebrated his birthday every day," the former Union finance minister added.</p>.<p>In another tweet, he said, one-third of the adult population was yet to receive its first dose and only 21 per cent had been fully vaccinated.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Modi, in a swipe at the opposition, on Saturday said there is talk of fever as a vaccine side-effect, but a political party experienced fever after 2.5 crore vaccines were administered on his birthday.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>