Meerut: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Uttar Pradesh has been given five doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and his sixth shot is scheduled, according to his vaccination certificate.
The case came to light when Rampal Singh, 73, downloaded his vaccination certificate. It showed that he has been vaccinated five times already and is scheduled for another dose.
Singh says he is the BJP president of booth no 79 in Sardhana area of Meerut, and is also a member of Hindu Yuva Vahini.
He claims that he has been vaccinated only twice and accused the health department of negligence and filed a complaint following which the officials said that a probe has been initiated.
He got his first dose of the vaccine on March 16 and the second on May 8.
However, when he got his certificate downloaded from the official portal, it showed five jabs already administered and the sixth scheduled between December 2021 and January 2022.
He said the certificate shows his first dose on March 16, the second on May 8, the third on May 15 and both fourth and fifth on September 15.