Delhi govt spend around Rs 500 crore on ads

NEW DELHI: Opposition parties attacked the AAP government in which has been describing about spending allotment amount for information and publicity, that is invested public money on "self-publicity" on radio advertisement the current financial year. Where chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will address the people these amount has invested his government ' s work. The ads, which will run with the ' Jo Kaha, So Kiya ' , will refer to his party ' s pre-poll promises and the steps taken by the government to implement them. Congress leader Ajay Maken said, " Delhi government have invested Rs 526 crore just for information and publicity and last year only Rs 24 crore was spent for the same. "They have cut budget from various other infrastructure development works and they are spending money on their own party workers and consultants. it is not a form of corruption by spending more money on self- publicity." Besides it Former AAP leader Prashant Bhushan also criticized AAP government ' s such type of investment. He alleged that Arvind Kejriwal government ' s new FM radio ad was a contempt of court and the issue would soon be brought to the notice of the Supreme Court. "If the radio advertisement is used to publicise and promote a party, government or a political leader, that would be in violation of Supreme Court ' s order and it will be soon brought to the notice of the court that this is how political parties are violating the spirit of court ' s order," Bhushan said. According to a senior government official, to connect with people of Delhi, government has released a 70-second long advertisement which is being played on FM radio channels. In the advertisement, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal says that his government has doubled the budget for education and the fixed for health has gone up by 45 per cent. He says his government has the intent to spend money on people ' s welfare