SAD chief asks Punjab governor to probe AAP’s ‘commercial rip-off’
3 min readBy PTI
CHANDIGARH: SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday urged the Punjab Governor to order a probe into the AAP’s alleged use of Rs 300 crore of public funds on commercials to fulfil its “political goals”.
In a letter to Governor Banwarilal Purohit, the Shiromani Akali Dal chief stated the Aam Aadmi Party had earmarked Rs 750 crore for presidency commercials within the present monetary yr and has already spent a majority of this quantity.
“Instead of spending this money to create awareness about government schemes in Punjab, the government had used the advertisements to promote AAP as well as its convener Arvind Kejriwal across the country,” Badal alleged in a celebration assertion.
“The government has thus not only violated the guidelines of the Supreme Court on usage of public funds for government advertisements but has also betrayed the trust of Punjabis,” he stated.
Badal stated that for the reason that Delhi Lieutenant Governor had already taken discover of comparable “wrongdoing” in Delhi and ordered a restoration of Rs 97 crore, the Punjab governor too ought to order a probe into all the promoting spend of the state authorities on political campaigns in order that this cash could possibly be recovered.
He additionally alleged that the federal government had used public funds for political commercials in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat throughout the current meeting elections in each states.
He stated all the course of was “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 urged the Punjab Governor to order a probe into the AAP’s alleged use of Rs 300 crore of public funds on commercials to fulfil its “political goals”.
In a letter to Governor Banwarilal Purohit, the Shiromani Akali Dal chief stated the Aam Aadmi Party had earmarked Rs 750 crore for presidency commercials within the present monetary yr and has already spent a majority of this quantity.
“Instead of spending this money to create awareness about government schemes in Punjab, the government had used the advertisements to promote AAP as well as its convener Arvind Kejriwal across the country,” Badal alleged in a celebration assertion.
“The government has thus not only violated the guidelines of the Supreme Court on usage of public funds for government advertisements but has also betrayed the trust of Punjabis,” he stated.
Badal stated that for the reason that Delhi Lieutenant Governor had already taken discover of comparable “wrongdoing” in Delhi and ordered a restoration of Rs 97 crore, the Punjab governor too ought to order a probe into all the promoting spend of the state authorities on political campaigns in order that this cash could possibly be recovered.
He additionally alleged that the federal government had used public funds for political commercials in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat throughout the current meeting elections in each states.
He stated all the course of was “shrouded in secrecy” with the federal government refusing to even reply to an RTI question on its commercial spend.
