(Image source from: AAP govt to spend Rs 500 crore on advertisements})

Aam Aadmi Party has reportedly set aside an amount of over Rs 500 crore to fund its radio advertisements in the current financial year, in which chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will address the people of Delhi and share his government's work. This done when the National capitol is stinking due to the non-removal of garbage. The garbage removers are bracing for a strike for not paying their salary. At this juncture AAP that has lost the credibility before the Delhietes, is going to spend a woofing amount for image building of party.

AAP came to power with lots of promises and the Delhietes voted overwhelmingly for them, but AAP was not able to do what they said. Moreover the nautanki of Aravind Kejriwal has let down the people of the capitol state. AAP which has claimed to be clean have been into controversies. AAP and Kejriwal betrayed the people and then seen fighting for more powers even shaming the other political parties.

Now that AAP is going to spend more than 500 crores of public money, which is supposed for the welfare of the state, for an image makeover for the party and its leader Kejriwal. This is nothing but misuse of public funds which amounts to corruption.

"They (Delhi government) have set aside Rs 526 crore just for information and publicity and last year only Rs 24 crore was spent for the same," Congress leader Ajay Maken. They have cut budget from various other infrastructure development works and they are spending money on their own party workers and consultants. Is it not a form of corruption by spending more money on self publicity?" Ajay Maken added.

Former AAP leader Prashant Bhushan also criticized AAP government's move, stating, "The TV advertisement brought in by Kejriwal government was in complete violation of the Supreme Court's order and it amounts to contempt of court. To think that you can do anything by way of radio advertisements because it doesn't carry a photograph would be a total misunderstanding of the court's order. 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.

By Premji