Updated Mar 06, 2021 | 12:14 IST
The Election Commission has asked the health ministry to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image and name on Covid-19 vaccination certificates in poll-boun states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in four states and one union territory, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the Central government to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi s photo from Covid-19 vaccine certificates in the poll-bound states and UT.
According to the Economic Times, the EC wrote a letter to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) reiterating its guidelines on the model code of conduct while asking for the removal of the Prime Minister s image and name in vaccine certificates issued in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
The Election Commission of India (EC) has asked the Union Health Ministry to remove PM Modi's photo from the coronavirus vaccine certificates in poll-bound states after receiving a complaint from Trinamool Congress ahead of the assembly elections.
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has alleged "blatant misuse of official machinery by the Prime Minister" in West Bengal in a complaint to the Election Commission ahead of state polls later this month.
The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday confirmed that it diverted some COVID-19 vaccination doses meant for medical workers to VIPs as critics charged but said this involved a small fraction of inoculations. A health ministry statement said 10% of the 12,000 doses it received were given to the Palestinian national football team, government ministers, presidential guards and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization's topmost Executive Committee. But it said the other 90% went to health workers treating COVID-19 cases in intensive care units and emergency departments, and health ministry workers.
India s covid-19 contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, has been integrated with the Co-WIN portal to allow users to download their vaccination certificates.