Nisha Koiri, member of International Naturopathy Organisation, has been one of the vociferous voices against COVID-19 vaccination, putting faith instead in alternative medicine. When her 19-year-old son received a circular from his college asking all students to take the jab, she wasn’t going to  lay low. “All vaccinations are voluntary, because the COVID-19 vaccine is an emergency-use vaccine. The trials are not yet over. How can you make it compulsory?” is her argument. 

Koiri submitted a letter, supported by the Awaken India Movement, to the college authorities. “They agreed on a couple of points, including the fact that it cannot be mandated. For now, they have backed off,” she tells us. With the help of the Indian Bar Association, Koiri has been issuing notices to corporate entities that have mandated vaccines. “Whoever wants it [the legal notice], can take it and file it as a PIL. We have already filed two PILs in the Supreme Court and are awaiting the dates.”