New Delhi: Congress party had attacked on Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi Government on Thursday. Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief Ajay Maken said, “They have cut budget from various other infrastructure development works and they are spending money on their own party workers and consultants. Is it not a form of corruption by spending more money on self publicity?”
Opposition also strike on AAP government for reportedly hiking allocation for information and publicity, saying spending public money on “self publicity” amounted to corruption.
“They (Delhi Government) have set aside Rs 526 crore just for information and publicity AND last year only Rs 24 crore was spent for the same.”
Former AAP leader Prashant Bhushan also criticised this move of Delhi government.
Bhushan had alleged that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal led government’s new FM radio advertisement was a contempt of court and the issue would soon be brought to the notice of the Supreme Court.
He said, “The TV advertisement brought in by Kejriwal government was in complete violation of the Supreme Court’s order and it amounts to contempt of court. To think that you can do anything by way of radio advertisements because it doesn’t carry a photograph would be total misunderstanding of court’s order.
“If the radio advertisement is used to publicize and promote a party, government or a political leader, that would be in violation of Supreme Court’s order and it will be soon brought to the notice of the court that this is how political parties are violating the spirit of court’s order.”
According to a senior government official, Government has released a 70-second long advertisement which is being played on FM radio channels to connect with people of Delhi.
In the advertisement, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says that his government has doubled the budget for education and the allocation for health has gone up by 45 per cent. He says his government has the intent to spend money on people’s welfare.
Bureau Report
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