Two days after Jharkhand replaced the photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with that of its Chief Minister Hemant Soren on the Covid-19 vaccine certificates, Chhattisgarh followed suit.The Congress-ruled state on Friday started rolling out its own certificate with state chief minister Bhupesh Baghel’s photograph for vaccination of the 18-44 age group. 

“I don’t think there should be any issue on that. When Government of India was providing the money and they had the Prime Minister’s photograph. If the state government is doing something, then we will use the chief minister’s photograph instead. When the Centre has left it on the states to bear the financial burden and the state governments are procuring their own vaccines, why should they not issue their own vaccine certificates? Why should the vaccine certificates carry the photo of PM Narendra Modi?" Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singh said.On Wednesday, the Jharkhand government issued new vaccine cards with CM Soren’s photo on them.

Two days after Jharkhand replaced the photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with that of its Chief Minister Hemant Soren on the Covid-19 vaccine certificates, Chhattisgarh followed suit.The Congress-ruled state on Friday started rolling out its own certificate with state chief minister Bhupesh Baghel’s photograph for vaccination of the 18-44 age group. 

“I don’t think there should be any issue on that. When Government of India was providing the money and they had the Prime Minister’s photograph. If the state government is doing something, then we will use the chief minister’s photograph instead. When the Centre has left it on the states to bear the financial burden and the state governments are procuring their own vaccines, why should they not issue their own vaccine certificates? Why should the vaccine certificates carry the photo of PM Narendra Modi?" Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singh said.On Wednesday, the Jharkhand government issued new vaccine cards with CM Soren’s photo on them.