Haryanvi artists have come out in support of singer Rocky Mittal, who was removed as the Publicity Advisor to Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar over a week ago. Haryanvi singer Satyawan Kaushik, choreographer love Kumar and Rajiv Chauhan has said that Mittal’s removal is an insult to artistes.
Earlier, a few Congress leaders, including party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, Haryana ClP leader Kiran Choudhry, state spokespersons from Aggarwal and Vaishya Samaj and leaders from Youth Aggarwal Samiti have also condemned his removal.
“Mittal was targeted for his fight against corruption and he must be re-appointed and a probe should be ordered into his corruption allegations,” said leaders of the Aggarwal community to which Mittal belongs.
Mittal was appointed the Chief Publicity Advisor to Chief Minister Khattar and Publicity Advisor Member for the year-long Swarn Jayanti celebrations in the state, which were kicked off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gurugram on November 1 as Haryana completed 50
years of its formation as a separate State.
Following his remarks against Haryana bureaucrats, the State Government had shunted out Rocky Mittal. Mittal had recently alleged a few senior IAS officers, who were heading “cream posts” during the previous Congress regime, have been trying to mislead Khattar for their own interests.
Mittal had called a Press conference on January 19 and alleged Haryana CM was surrounded by a few “corrupt bureaucrats” appointed to “prime posts” during the regime of previous Congress Government in the State.
Mittal, a fan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sung songs in his praise in the 2014 lok Sabha elections. He had also supported the BJP in Haryana Assembly elections.