With an eye on the upcoming civic elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members have been wooing citizens by organising vaccination camps privately. Its members of Parliament and members of the legislative assembly have been coordinating with citizens and private hospitals to organise these camps in housing societies. In some cases the vaccination drives are being held for slum dwellers. They are also helping the underprivileged get registered in CoWIN.

With over a lakh vaccinations administered in a day in the city, politicians are cashing in on this. The state has been struggling to get vaccine doses, but for such camps and drives, they are being procured through private hospitals. This is being done to make a statement to the state government that just complaining will not help, revealed sources.