PM Modi s Photo on COVID-19 Vaccine Certificates Violation of MCC, Says TMC
TMC, which has called this move a publicity stunt will move EC, requesting the photo not appear any more.
PM Modi s photo on a COVID-19 vaccination certificate. Photo: By arrangement
Politics02/Mar/2021
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien said that his party will petition the Election Commission of India on photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi appearing on certificates issued to those who have been receiving COVID-19 vaccines in violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) currently in effect in poll-bound states.
The MCC comes into effect from the day when the election schedule is announced and remains in force until election results are declared. The ECI announced the poll schedule for assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry on February 26. While elections are held from March 27 to April 29, counting in all states and the Union Territory of Pudu
Updated Feb 04, 2021 · 10:24 pm
The Lok Sabha on Thursday was adjourned multiple times after Opposition leaders protested the new farm laws, and demanded that they be repealed. The House was first adjourned till 5 pm, and then finally till 4 pm on Friday.
Earlier in the day, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan told the Rajya Sabha that the Bharatiya Janata Party does not discriminate between the states ruled by it and other parties. The Upper House of the Parliament has been adjourned for the day.
Stormy confrontations took place in the Rajya Sabha as the Opposition criticised the government for its handling of the farm laws.
Digvijaya Singh of the Congress lashed out at the government, saying measures like demonetisation to the CAA were blunders that hit the people hard . He said the void between the Modi government s promises and implementation was big and it could not win the hearts of people. He said the prime minister had lost their trust . You have got a majority but dissent is essence of democracy, Singh noted.
The former prime minister and JD(S) leader, H D Deve Gowda, called farmers the backbone of the country. He said miscreants and anti-social elements were behind the events on Republic Day and all political parties have condemned their actions and agree that they need to be punished. But the farmers issue should not be mixed with it, he said and added that the issue should be dealt with amicably.
Derek O Brien presses govt to repeal 3 farm laws, offers draft bill to do so
Participating in a discussion on the motion of thanks on the president s address in the Rajya Sabha, the Trinamool MP also referred to the death of a farmer during the tractor parade in Delhi on Republic Day and said there should be a proper inquiry so the truth could come out. PTI
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O Brien on Thursday pressed the government to repeal the three controversial farm laws and offered a Repealing Bill 2021 drafted by him for the purpose.