Remove tiles bearing PM Modi, Shivraj Chouhan’s pictures from PMAY houses: MP High Court
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The court had issued notices to the state and central governments after a petition was filed in July by Sanjay Purohit, a resident of Datia.
The Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday ordered the removal of pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from the tiles laid in houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) by December 20.
The court had issued notices to the state and central governments after a petition was filed in July by Sanjay Purohit, a resident of Datia.
As a result, the state government said that the tiles with the PM and CM’s faces on display would be removed and such tiles will not be used in the future. It also said that only the logo of the scheme would be used on the tiles hereafter.
The petitioner’s counsel claimed that the state government with these pictorial tiles has not only misused public money but has also tried taking advantage ahead of the polls.
Furthermore, the petitioner's advocate argued that the houses were built using public money, and not for electoral benefits.