PM Modi’s photo removed from COVID-19 vaccine certificate in poll-bound states

First Published Mar 11, 2021, 1:16 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi’s photo has been removed from the COVID-19 vaccination certificates in the poll-bound states such as West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
 

The Union Health Ministry under the direction of the Election Commission of India has taken the decision to remove PM Modi’s photo from COVID-19 certificates in poll-bound states.
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This direction come days after the TMC approached the ECI and called PM Modi’s photo on vaccination certificates “a violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
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In a complaint, the TMC accused PM Modi of stealing the due credit from frontline workers namely doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers.
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A Health Ministry official said: “We will peruse the instructions of the ECI and then comply with its directions.”
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Elections to the Assemblies of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will take place between March 27 to April 29 and the results will be announced on May 2.
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