New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal, on Wednesday directed Chief Secretary MM Kutty to recover Rs 97 Crore from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for projecting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in government advertisements.
The LG claimed in his order that that the ads were projected in violation of a Supreme Court order, which barred pictures of Chief Ministers from being used in government ads. The order gives the party 30 days to pay the amount. The ads were paid for by the state exchequer. However, the apex court had reversed its own order a year later.
"As advised by the Law Department and as proposed by the Secretary (DIP), a notice should immediately be issued to political party concerned for recovery of amount already paid. The party concerned may also be advised to pay directly to the agencies in respect of remaining advertisements whose payments has not been released so far by the government. The notice so issued should give full details of all advertisements and fix a time line of 30 days from the date of issue to reimburse the requisite amount to the government exchequer," the LG said in his order directing the chief secretary.
According to sources, AAP is yet to receive the order.
"Neither the CM, Dy CM nor the party has any information or intimation. Unless we receive some intimation, we can't comment," said an AAP source.
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