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AAP government releases new ad, asks Modi to let it work
New Delhi, July 24
To drive home its
contention that the Narendra Modi government was creating obstacles in
its functioning, the Delhi government has once again taken to the
advertisement route.
The Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi has
installed hoardings on roadsides in teh city, asking Prime Minister
Narendra Modi not to intervene in its functioning.
"Pradhanmantri
sir, please! Delhi sarkar ko kam karne dijiye. Dilli sarkar theek kam
kar rahi hai. (Prime Minister sir, please let the Delhi government work.
The Delhi government is working fine)," say the newly installed
hoardings in the capital.
Unlike television advertorials which
obliquely show the Modi government and other opposition parties throwing
a spanner in the works of the Delhi government, the new print ad has
directly taken on Modi.
The Congress slammed the chief minister for frittering away public money on advertisements.
"The
sad thing is that (chief minister Arvind) Kejriwal ji is using public
money for such posters. He is using taxpayers' money to brighten his
political prospects. This is not right," Delhi Congress leader Ajay
Maken said.
The Delhi government has drawn flak from the
opposition parties for splurging money on advertisements. In its maiden
budget presented last month, the Delhi government earmarked Rs.520 crore
for advertorials. The allocation last fiscal was Rs.20 crore.
The
new advertorial comes amid the heightened tensions between the Aam
Aadmi Party government and Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung over the appointment
of new chief of the Delhi Commission for Women.