No bar on displaying Chief Minister’s portrait, says HCThe Madras High Court on Monday ordered that the ruling DMK’s ‘Rising Sun’ symbol should not be displayed in any of the ration shops where the State government is distributing first tranche of ₹2,000 of the COVID-19 relief of ₹4,000 to rice ration card holders. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy wrote, “There has always to be a distinction drawn between the government of the day and the political personnel who may form such government. He produced photographs of the portraits of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and the ‘Rising Sun’ symbol having been displayed in some ration shops where the government cash relief was distributed. “More importantly, Covid protocol has to be maintained at all times, including the distancing norm.

Source: The Hindu May 24, 2021 23:51 UTC