Gamcha from Assam, nurses from Kerala, Puducherry: Congress finds political stunt in PM Modi's vaccination

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has claimed that PM Modi used his vaccination to further his poll agenda in election-bound states.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury hinted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi managed the optics of his first Covid-19 vaccine jab to bring in elements from as many poll-bound states as possible. @narendramodi , .@narendramodi ji is getting #COVID19 vaccine.Publicity defeats Medical Science. Photograph is more important than Protocol.Mask will make the newly grown rabindrik beard invisible. Feeding peacock & getting vaccine... Not sameGod save India.@MamataOfficial saves Bengal. pic.twitter.com/54Wv8yLPhv Speaking to news agency ANI, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, “In PM's inoculation visuals, there was 'gamcha' from Assam, and nurses who vaccinated him were from Kerala and Puducherry. Coincidentally, there are elections in these states. It would have been 5 states had he also carried Rishi Aurobindo's photo and Geetanjali.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the first jab of indigenous Covid-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech Covaxin on Monday. He was among the first to be inoculated as part of phase 2 of India’s Covid-19 immunisation drive, which will cover all people above the age of 60 and people above the age of 45 who have co-morbidities.