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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
The ruling party in West Bengal termed it as a "blatant misuse of official machinery" and sought the intervention of the poll panel to remove hoardings advertising central government schemes with images of Modi at petrol pumps, state minister Firhad Hakim said after meeting the EC officials.