By way of PTI
CHANDIGARH: SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday advised the Punjab Governor to reserve a probe into the AAP’s alleged use of Rs 300 crore of public price range on commercials to fulfil its “political objectives”.
In a letter to Governor Banwarilal Purohit, the Shiromani Akali Dal leader stated the Aam Aadmi Celebration had earmarked Rs 750 crore for presidency commercials within the present monetary 12 months and has already spent a majority of this quantity.
“As a substitute of spending this cash to create consciousness about govt schemes in Punjab, the federal government had used the commercials to advertise AAP in addition to its convener Arvind Kejriwal around the nation,” Badal alleged in a celebration observation.
“The federal government has thus now not most effective violated the information of the Superb Courtroom on utilization of public price range for presidency commercials however has additionally betrayed the accept as true with of Punjabis,” he stated.
Badal stated that because the Delhi Lieutenant Governor had already taken understand of identical “wrongdoing” in Delhi and ordered a restoration of Rs 97 crore, the Punjab governor too will have to order a probe into all the promoting spend of the state govt on political campaigns in order that this cash might be recovered.
He additionally alleged that the federal government had used public price range for political commercials in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat all the way through the hot meeting elections in each states.
He stated all the procedure was once “shrouded in secrecy” with the federal government refusing to even reply to an RTI question on its commercial spend.
CHANDIGARH: SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday advised the Punjab Governor to reserve a probe into the AAP’s alleged use of Rs 300 crore of public price range on commercials to fulfil its “political objectives”.
In a letter to Governor Banwarilal Purohit, the Shiromani Akali Dal leader stated the Aam Aadmi Celebration had earmarked Rs 750 crore for presidency commercials within the present monetary 12 months and has already spent a majority of this quantity.
“As a substitute of spending this cash to create consciousness about govt schemes in Punjab, the federal government had used the commercials to advertise AAP in addition to its convener Arvind Kejriwal around the nation,” Badal alleged in a celebration observation.
“The federal government has thus now not most effective violated the information of the Superb Courtroom on utilization of public price range for presidency commercials however has additionally betrayed the accept as true with of Punjabis,” he stated.
Badal stated that because the Delhi Lieutenant Governor had already taken understand of identical “wrongdoing” in Delhi and ordered a restoration of Rs 97 crore, the Punjab governor too will have to order a probe into all the promoting spend of the state govt on political campaigns in order that this cash might be recovered.
He additionally alleged that the federal government had used public price range for political commercials in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat all the way through the hot meeting elections in each states.
He stated all the procedure was once “shrouded in secrecy” with the federal government refusing to even reply to an RTI question on its commercial spend.