New Delhi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph from COVID-19 vaccination certificates and also imposed fine on the petitioner by terming the petition as ‘frivolous’ and ‘political motivated.’
Imposing a fine of Rs 1 lakh on litigant Peter Myaliparambil, the bench of Justice P V Kunhikrishnan said, “Nobody can say that a Prime Minister is a Congress Prime Minister or a BJP Prime Minister or the Prime Minister of any political party. But once a Prime Minister is elected as per the constitution, he is the Prime Minister of our country and that post should be the pride of every citizen.
.. they can differ on the policies of the government and even the political stand of the Prime Minister. But the citizens need not be ashamed to carry a vaccination certificate with the photograph of the Prime Minister with a morale boosting message, especially in this pandemic situation,” the high court said.