Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Narendra Singh Tomar and Sadananda Gowda were among those who received the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday.
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IMAGE: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari along with his wife Kanchan Gadkari gets the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Zonal Hospital at AIIMS in Nagpur on Saturday. Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar gets the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Zonal Hospital at RML hospital in New Delhi on Saturday. Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: BJP Lok Sabha MP Hema Malini gets her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Cooper hospital in Mumbai on Saturday. Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Union Minister Sadananda Gowda gets his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Bengaluru on Saturday. Photograph: ANI Photo