He tweeted, "Can a spokesperson for the @SerumInstIndia please help us understand why states should not get Covishield at the same price as the centre?? And if they have issued a statement citing reasons, could someone please share a link re the same. Thank you." He trolled for the same. One netizen replied to his tweet and wrote, "Can Farhan Akhtar pleas help us to understand why the popcorn Popcorn price in multiplexes was 100 times their cost!" Another one wrote, "Dumb question! States don't want to provide subsidy! Do States have any plan of action before they blame Center and @narendramodi. The so called elite like you indulge in fussing! get you bearings in order."
But quite a few also took Farhan's side. Check out his tweets below:
Can a spokesperson for the @SerumInstIndia please help us understand why states should not get Covishield at the same price as the centre?? And if they have issued a statement citing reasons, could someone please share a link re the same. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/J4jnuwBPBy
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) April 21, 2021
Can Farhan Akhtar pleas help us to understand why the popcorn 🍿 price in multiplexes was 100 times their cost!
— Ankur K. Srivastava (@anksri19) April 21, 2021
Excellent & worrisome point! There are more than 50% of the county’s population who cannot afford this price. Top of that, can someone please tell me who is ‘Centre’, I always thought that Centre is combination of the states and the UTs, and someone who takes care of the states
— Farhan (@farhan83_p) April 21, 2021
It’s a good question asked very decently . I think we citizens deserve an answer to that. If they have a valid answer I won’t mind paying the extra cost .
— SECULAR HOTDOG (@PRASHBAJAJ) April 21, 2021