New Delhi: As campaigning reaches its zenith within the poll-bound states, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the Centre which contests the elections in each state underneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management has excluded his image from the COVID-19 vaccine certificates following the Election Commission’s instructions.
PTI reported sources as saying the Union Health Ministry has utilized filters in its Co-Win platform in poll-going states and a Union Territory to exclude the Prime Minister’s image from the COVID-19 vaccine certificates.
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Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan is learnt to have advised the Election Commission in a letter on March 9 that technical measures to adjust to the ballot physique’s instructions “have been explored promptly”.
This comes because the Election Commission had following a grievance acquired by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) requested the Union Health Ministry to observe the Model Code in letter and spirit.
The ballot physique had steered using filters within the Co-Win platform to exclude the Prime Minister’s image in COVID-19 certificates being given to the folks within the poll-bound states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
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Sources, nonetheless, added the Election Commission didn’t consult with any particular person or character however had requested the Health Ministry to observe the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in letter and spirit.
