{"id":302986,"date":"2018-09-20T05:44:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T05:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=302986"},"modified":"2018-09-20T05:44:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T05:44:49","slug":"madhya-pradesh-hc-orders-removal-of-tiles-bearing-pm-modi-cms-photos-on-houses-built-under-pmay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/madhya-pradesh-hc-orders-removal-of-tiles-bearing-pm-modi-cms-photos-on-houses-built-under-pmay\/","title":{"rendered":"Madhya Pradesh HC orders removal of tiles bearing PM Modi, CM&#8217;s photos on houses built under PMAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/madhya-pradesh-hc-orders-removal-of-tiles-bearing-pm-modi-cms-photos-on-houses-built-under-pmay\/modi-shivraj\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-302987\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-302987 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/modi-shivraj-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-shivraj-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-shivraj-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-shivraj-696x487.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-shivraj-600x420.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-shivraj.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a>The Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court (HC) on September 19 ordered the removal of tiles bearing pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inside houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) by December 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Following the HC order, the tiles with the PM and CM\u2019s faces on display would be removed and such tiles will not be used in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Order also stated that only the logo of the scheme would be used on the tiles hereafter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The HC had issued notices to the state and central governments after a petition was filed in July by Sanjay Purohit, a resident of Datia arguing that houses were built using public money and not by electoral benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Advocate Ankur Modi said that a division bench of Justices Sanjay Yadav and Vivek Agrawal directed the government to file a compliance report in this regard by December 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Congress party had earlier demanded removal of these tiles, alleging that it was a plot of the BJP government to influence voters ahead of the year-end Assembly elections.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court (HC) on September 19 ordered the removal of tiles bearing pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inside houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) by December 20. 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