The Delhi Government will challenge in the court the order of a Central Government appointed panel that indicted the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation for “splurging” exchequer’s money on advertisements, as it questioned the committee’s neutrality.
Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday claimed the AAP Government has “not violated” any guideline of the Supreme Court on advertisements while he accused the BJP-led MCDs of spending money meant for dengue and chikungunya awareness on “self-glorification”.
“The Delhi Government has not given advertisements for glorifying its image. The Government has not disobeyed any guideline of Supreme Court,” Jain said. Hitting out at the three municipal corporations on their advertisment spendings, the Minister alleged the civic bodies have put up hoardings having images of mayors and councillors at several places across Delhi but nobody objects to as these hoardings belong to BJP leaders. The AAP alleged that it was a “ploy to defame” the Kejriwal Government by the “beneficiaries” of Modi Government and BJP. “The Delhi Government will challenge the very composition of the committee and its biased findings since the Centre is an interested party. It (the Centre) has done a number of flip-flops in the case,” said a Government spokesperson.