With India registering record daily cases of Covid-19 daily, former prime minister and senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh on Sunday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to expand the vaccination programme to more beneficiaries.

“Expansion of Covid vaccination programme is a big part of pandemic management,” news agency PTI quoted Singh as saying in the letter.

In the list of suggestions to the Centre, Singh also appealed to PM Modi to assist vaccine producers “with funds and other concessions” so that they expand their manufacturing facilities quickly.

The letter comes a day after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) held a meeting on the Covid-19 situation. Singh is part of the CWC along with other senior Congress leaders.