Mandavia to be pivotal in govt plans to manage Covid, lift country's image

Mandaviya is also seen as industrious and resourceful in his home state

In April-May, when the second wave of Covid-19 was at its peak and the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was deeply troubled about facing people amid massive vaccine and oxygen shortages, Mansukh Mandaviya stepped into the breach.

Armed with a detailed PowerPoint presentation, the minister — who was then minister of state of shipping with charge of chemicals and fertilisers — explained to BJP office-bearers India’s plans for eventual self-sufficiency in vaccines, and more immediately, how they must be distributed to meet shortages. These were temporary measures, he assured office-bearers calmly, and showed with data how Indian vaccine production