Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday filed an RTI application with the information cell of the Prime Minister's Office seeking details on the Centre's policy for advertising initiatives like the 'Narendra Modi app' and 'Make in India' on social media. Sisodia reached Rail Bhawan around 12 pm and filed the application.
“I want to know what process the Centre follows in advertising its campaigns like Make in India, Narendra Modi app, Startup India and Digital India on social media. Whose credit limit has been used in putting up these advertisements” Sisodia said.
“Because, when we connect with people it is dubbed corruption but when Modiji does Mann Ki Baat it is projected as patriotism,” Sisodia told reporters after filing the RTI application.
Asked whether he was hopeful of getting any response, Sisodia claimed that “everyone is aware” why information on Modi's higher education degrees has not been shared yet.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, “Manish awarded contracts like the PMO did for digital campaign. Modi ji, if you're getting Manish probed by the CBI, a CBI investigation should also be ordered into this issue.”
Sisodia's RTI application has been filed in response to a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) by the CBI against him in connection with alleged irregularities in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government's social media campaign 'Talk to AK'.
Sisodia had earlier written to Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra seeking details of the process of payments made for social media campaigns for various Centre-run schemes.
Through the RTI, addressed to the Central Public Information Officer of the PMO, he sought information on action taken on his letter addressed to Mishra and copies of file notings, correspondence and other documents relating to the handling of the letter dated January 27.