Gujarati folk singer Geeta Rabari has found herself in legal soup after a picture of her getting COVID vaccine at her home in Kutch went viral. The district administration has issued a show-cause notice to the woman health worker, who administered the jab after a complaint was filed with the district administration .Geeta, posted a photo of getting the jab sitting on a sofa at her house, which led to an uproar on social media following which the photo was taken down.A complaint was filed with the district administration based on this picture alleging preferential treatment to the singer for inoculation for which one has to otherwise required to go to a designated centre after booking a slot online.
"As per the complaint received by me yesterday, Geeta Rabari had taken vaccination at her house at Madhapar village on Saturday evening. I issued instructions to officials to identify the health staff who went to her home to administer the vaccine, and on whose approval it was done," said Kutch District Development Officer (DDO) Bhavya Verma.Mr Verma said the health worker was directed to file an explanation on Sunday. "We will take further action based on her reply," the DDO added. Ms Rabari had booked a slot for vaccination on Saturday but instead of going to the public health centre, she apparently preferred to get vaccinated at home. The 25-year-old singer has had several popular music albums to her credit and known for giving live performances in Gujarat and abroad. Ms Rabari had last February performed at the "Namaste Trump" event held at the Narendra Modi stadium, then called the Motera stadium, in Ahmedabad, before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then US President Donald Trump.