Being the vaccine manufacturing hub of the world since a few decades, if India did not manufacture its own vaccines it would be a shock. I don’t think that’s something unusual – if anything failure to scale up vaccine manufacturing that led to a deadly second wave is to be considered an abject failure.
Wow. What was the government action that they didn't get credit for? Do you have any reference to support your claim?
During peak time of corona, PM Modi was doing in-person election rallies during the day with thousands of crowds and giving a speech in evening to ask people to avoid gatherings.
This is a news article from April 19, 2021. [1]
>> Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces growing criticism across the political spectrum for holding large election rallies as the country’s health system reels from a deadly wave of Covid-19 cases, forcing citizens to beg for oxygen and hospital beds on Twitter.
>> Modi avoided wearing a mask at a campaign rally on Saturday, saying “I’ve never seen such huge crowds” at an event in West Bengal.
>> That night he said “India had defeated Covid last year and India can do it again” following a virtual meeting with health officials who spoke of critical shortages of drugs, vaccines and other supplies in a nation that has seen a string of new daily records in the past two weeks.
>> Modi was doing political rallies with large number of crowds when coron was at its peak in India.
In Feb Modi hosted Donald Trump with a gathering of 100,000+ Indians. [4]
>> AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - (Feb 2020) Donald Trump was cheered by more than 100,000 Indians at the opening of the world’s largest cricket stadium on Monday, promising “an incredible trade deal” and “the most feared military equipment on the planet” at his biggest rally abroad.
Developing our own vaccines in the face of the MNCs - especially Pfizer - prevented the country from being held hostage.