New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh has criticised the Narendra Modi government's decision to shut down Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL), describing it as a tragedy for a public sector institution established to make India self-reliant in the manufacture of oral polio vaccine.
He has also raised concerns over the possible sale of its nearly 60 acres of land in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, located close to the upcoming Noida International Airport at Jewar.
In a post on social media platform X, Ramesh recalled that BIBCOL was established in March 1989 as part of an initiative in which former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had taken a keen personal in...