<p>As India vaccinated 2.5 crore people in a single day to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday on September 17, several questions are being raised over the "milestone" -- including late upload of records and some bizarre errors where vaccine certificates of those dead months ago were received by family members.</p>.<p>"Dear Vidya Sharma, you have successfully been vaccinated with your second dose with Covishield on September 17," read the message received by Ashutosh Sharma, a resident of Madhya Pradesh's Aagar-Malwa district, whose mother died of Covid-19 four months ago.</p>.<p>"I have her death certificate in one hand and her vaccination certificate in another... I think a lot of pressure is being put on the officials, to increase the numbers," Sharma was <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/a-madhya-pradesh-twist-to-record-vaccination-numbers-on-pm-modi-birthday-2550207#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories" target="_blank">quoted</a> as saying to <em>NDTV.</em></p>.<p><strong>Also read: OPINION | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/second-edit/covid-19-vaccination-is-not-pm-narendra-modi-s-personal-gift-1032893.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 vaccination is not PM Narendra Modi’s personal gift</a></strong></p>.<p>In a similar case, the publication said, Pinky Verma from Aagar, received a message saying that she was vaccinated with the second dose even when she had missed it.</p>.<p>"I think they are intentionally doing this to increase the figures," she told the publication.</p>.<p>Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Minister, Vishwas Sarang, said that such cases are rare and "will be investigated if there is any clerical error".</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/opposition-should-introspect-over-their-irresponsible-remarks-about-covid-vaccination-drive-nadda-1032352.html" target="_blank">Opposition should introspect over their 'irresponsible' remarks about Covid vaccination drive: Nadda</a></strong></p>.<p>Karnataka had administered the highest number of over 26.9 lakh doses, followed by Bihar with more than 26.6 lakh doses, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. According to a <a href="https://scroll.in/article/1005956/behind-bihars-vaccination-record-pressure-to-vaccinate-offline-and-upload-on-modis-birthday" target="_blank">report</a> by <em>Scroll</em>, officials in Bihar alleged that they “were under tremendous pressure to perform”.</p>.<p>Even as large-scale vaccination campaigns were carried out on September 17, a "significant chunk of data uploaded on that day was actually of people vaccinated offline over the previous two days", the publication reported quoting several officials.</p>.<p>Opposition leaders have also alleged that fewer Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in the last two weeks so that a record could be set on the Prime Minister's birthday. Taking a swipe at the government over the record vaccinations on PM's birthday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared a graph of the vaccination trend in the last 10 days showing a decline in inoculations.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>As India vaccinated 2.5 crore people in a single day to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday on September 17, several questions are being raised over the "milestone" -- including late upload of records and some bizarre errors where vaccine certificates of those dead months ago were received by family members.</p>.<p>"Dear Vidya Sharma, you have successfully been vaccinated with your second dose with Covishield on September 17," read the message received by Ashutosh Sharma, a resident of Madhya Pradesh's Aagar-Malwa district, whose mother died of Covid-19 four months ago.</p>.<p>"I have her death certificate in one hand and her vaccination certificate in another... I think a lot of pressure is being put on the officials, to increase the numbers," Sharma was <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/a-madhya-pradesh-twist-to-record-vaccination-numbers-on-pm-modi-birthday-2550207#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories" target="_blank">quoted</a> as saying to <em>NDTV.</em></p>.<p><strong>Also read: OPINION | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/second-edit/covid-19-vaccination-is-not-pm-narendra-modi-s-personal-gift-1032893.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 vaccination is not PM Narendra Modi’s personal gift</a></strong></p>.<p>In a similar case, the publication said, Pinky Verma from Aagar, received a message saying that she was vaccinated with the second dose even when she had missed it.</p>.<p>"I think they are intentionally doing this to increase the figures," she told the publication.</p>.<p>Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Minister, Vishwas Sarang, said that such cases are rare and "will be investigated if there is any clerical error".</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/opposition-should-introspect-over-their-irresponsible-remarks-about-covid-vaccination-drive-nadda-1032352.html" target="_blank">Opposition should introspect over their 'irresponsible' remarks about Covid vaccination drive: Nadda</a></strong></p>.<p>Karnataka had administered the highest number of over 26.9 lakh doses, followed by Bihar with more than 26.6 lakh doses, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. According to a <a href="https://scroll.in/article/1005956/behind-bihars-vaccination-record-pressure-to-vaccinate-offline-and-upload-on-modis-birthday" target="_blank">report</a> by <em>Scroll</em>, officials in Bihar alleged that they “were under tremendous pressure to perform”.</p>.<p>Even as large-scale vaccination campaigns were carried out on September 17, a "significant chunk of data uploaded on that day was actually of people vaccinated offline over the previous two days", the publication reported quoting several officials.</p>.<p>Opposition leaders have also alleged that fewer Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in the last two weeks so that a record could be set on the Prime Minister's birthday. Taking a swipe at the government over the record vaccinations on PM's birthday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared a graph of the vaccination trend in the last 10 days showing a decline in inoculations.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>