The picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be on the Kovid vaccination certificates of the five polled states as the model code of conduct has come into force after the announcement of the Election Commission.
The Union Health Ministry has implemented a filter on the CoWIN portal – the government web portal for Covid-19 vaccination registration – to exclude PM Modi’s photograph from the vaccine certificate.
Model Code of Conduct It comes into force immediately after the announcement of the election schedule by the Election Commission and remains in effect till the completion of the election.
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa will be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. Counting of votes for all five states will be held on March 10
In March last year, the Union Health Ministry had taken a similar initiative during the elections held in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry, as suggested by the Election Commission following complaints by some political parties.
total 690 Assembly Area are at stake, of which 403 are in Uttar Pradesh alone. The state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 3. However, the people of Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa will cast their vote on February 14. Manipur will go to polls on February 27 and March 3. in two stages.
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