Chhattisgarh government is now issuing vaccination certificates with the photograph of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel as the state is funding the vaccination drive for the beneficiaries of the 18-44 years age group.
"The photograph of the Prime Minister is not being used in the vaccination certificates because the Central government backed off from funding. The Centre said that they will provide vaccines only for the beneficiaries aged 45 years and above, rest should be taken care of by the state government," Singh Deo told ANI.
"If the state government is giving money for something, why will we use the Prime Minister's image for it? It is a programme run by the state, so the Chief Minister's photograph is being used. I do not think anyone should have any objection," he said.
"Earlier, the Centre was providing us the COVID vaccines, so the photograph of the Prime Minister was used in the vaccination certificates," he said.
Deo also mentioned that the vaccination certificate issued to beneficiaries aged 45 years and above still carries the photograph of PM Modi.
The Chhattisgarh government is issuing vaccination certificates to the beneficiaries of the 18-44 age group with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's photograph.
Earlier, Jharkhand ¡¯s coalition government, of which the Congress is an alliance partner, started issuing vaccination certificates with Chief Minister Hemant Soren¡¯s photograph on it.