Srinagar, March 6 -- The Election Commission(EC) has asked the health ministry to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image and name on Covid-19 vaccination certificates in poll bound states.

In a letter to the Union Health Ministry on Friday, EC reiterated its guidelines on the model code of conduct while asking for removal of Modi's image and name in vaccine certificates issued in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.

The letter comes against the backdrop of a complaint by the Trinamool Congress that the picture of the prime minister on COVID-19 vaccination certificates violates the model code, according to news agency PTI.

In a letter to the health ministry, the poll panel is learnt to have referred to certain pro...