Recover Rs 97 crore from AAP in 30 days for ads: LG tells CS


New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI): In a setback to the Kejriwal dispensation, Lt Governor Anil Baijal has directed that Rs 97 crore be recoverd from AAP that was allegedly "splurged" by the city government on advertisements in violation of the Supreme Court guidelines. Baijal also ordered an inquiry into the spendings on advertisements projecting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party and asked the chief secretary to fix responsibility.

The AAP will have to reimburse the money within a month. The move comes months after a Centre-appointed three-member committee indicted the AAP government for "misusing" exchequer money on advertisements.

Sources told PTI that out of Rs 97 crore incurred on advertisements, government has so far paid Rs 42 crore to ad agencies and the LG has directed Chief Secretary M M Kutty to get the amount reimbursed from the AAP.

The rest Rs 55 crore, which is yet to be paid by the Kejriwal government, would be given by Aam Aadmi Party to the ad agencies, according to the the LG's directions.

Last year, the three-member committee, headed by former Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon, had been constituted by the I&B ministry on directions of the Supreme Court to address issues related to Content Regulation in Government Advertising.

"The Lt Governor has now directed the Chief Secretary to get the amount of Rs 97 crore from Aam Aadmi Party," a source said.

In a report earlier this month, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had also found that the Aam Aadmi Party government spent Rs 29 crore in releasing advertisements outside Delhi which was "beyond" its responsibility.

It had also said that advertisements worth Rs 24 crore released by it were in violation of financial propriety and Supreme Court regulations, stated the CAG report tabled in the Delhi Assembly on March 10.

The AAP Government had rejected the report. Last year, the committee had received a complaint from Congress leader Ajay Maken accusing the AAP government in Delhi of splurging public money on advertisements.

In its order in September last year, the panel had said, "It came to the conclusion that the Government of NCT of Delhi has violated guidelines issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in six of the nine areas listed by the complainant".

The violations include "outstation advertisements, false/misleading advertisements, advertisements for self- glorification and to target political opponents, advertisements against media, advertisements mentioning the party in power by name and also advertisements issued on incidents occurring in other states."

In its order, the panel which also comprised adman Piyush Pandey and journalist Rajat Sharma, had said that AAP should be made to reimburse the expenditure since the violation of the Supreme Court order of May 13, 2015, has taken place.

The assessment of the expenditure should be made by the Delhi government, it said. The panel had also directed Delhi the government to assess expenditure incurred by it in issuing advertisements outside the territory of Delhi on the occasion of various anniversaries (except those tender or appointment advertisements which are outside the purview of the Supreme Court laid guidelines in a judgment delivered in May 2015).

It had directed that the Delhi government assess expenditure on those advertisements or advertorials in which the name of Aam Admi Party is mentioned, which publicized the views of the Chief Minister on incidents that took place in other states, and advertisements which targeted the opposition.

"The committee further directs the Government of NCT of Delhi to get the entire expenditure so incurred on the above mentioned category of advertisements reimbursed to the State exchequer from the Aam Admi Party," the order of the Committee on Content Regulation of government advertisements had held.

  

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  • Flavian dsouza, chik/bengaluru

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Very good move ..imagine recovering BJP's, congress , sp, ad spend it will be crores 10000 .

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  • Daniel, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    .......all are hell bent to destroy AAP and compel to corruption as they find hard to get no money.

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  • Amigo, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Feku's & DAKUS are trying their BEST to win the MCD election by stabbing AAP through some PUPPETS. But Delhi people are not UP's Buffelo grazers!!!! who say BAINS is bigger AKKAL !!!!!.

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Laws will be selectively applied to those that come in path of fekoo, whereas forget about environmental damage and penalty of 200 crores on Adanis, or expenses on yoga days and Shivaji statue.

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  • Manjunath, Udupi

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    What about chaiwala feku ?
    Foreign tours
    Election rallies
    Advertisements

    Shame on chaiwala feku....

    Jai Ho AAP we all are with you

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  • Rajesh, Udupi

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    PM has to visit foreign country. not for shopping or site seeing. there is a purpose.
    Rallies and advertisement happen through party funds be it bjp or congress..

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  • Rajesh, Udupi

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    but who will teach aaapards al this..LOL

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    bjparty spends in excess of Rs.1,000 crores on advertisements in front pages of newspapers during elections. Will the President ask the concerned authority to recover the same?

    Law should be equal for all and there should be no bias.

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  • Rathnakara A, Shirva

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    There is a difference between spending money from Party Fund and spending money from Government exchequer.
    Find out who spent from where and file PIL.

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    FYKI BJparty does not use its funds for publicity. This is a known fact.

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  • Rajesh, Udupi

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    yes they are demons they eat up people... it is a known fact..

    some people never believe in truth but keep selling lies, that is also known fact..LOL

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  • Ramesh S, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    ..Party can spend from party fund but there is restriction for using Govt fund..Kujli boast about Mohalla clinic in advt, but goes to Bangalore for treatment..spent crores on advt for ODD/EVEN drama..check the independent data on ODD/EVEN..this nonsense resulted in people purchasing a second hand standby vehicle with odd or even number..while AAPtards RTI requests revealed MODI wont spend Govt money for his food also..

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  • Stan, Udupi/Dubai

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    No orders can prevent them from coming to power in MCD elections

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  • The Guru, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Stan, Udupi/Dubai

    You said the same in Goa, Punjab now lets see what will happen in MCD election..

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  • Rajesh, Udupi

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Claiming to be honest to the core, but has to loot 100 cr from exchequer just to inform the public that you did great wonders in Delhi? how shameful?

    what is also strange is that the support base is not uneducated.. they are all educated fools, who still dream that these are avatar purush and will change the world one day.. LOL.. Just another example that education cannot make everyone smart.. it can only help in better English, but a fool remains a fool, will come anglicized fool ..LOL!!

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    I am curious how did SC decide that only Delhi govt needs to be investigated and leave out other bjp CM's. SC needs to be transparent here and should stop being biased.

    Pradhan Sevak appears on ads of PayTM and Jio and we all very well know its Quid pro quo.

    P.S: We have not forgotten how Pradhan sevak used to fly on Adani's private jets.

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  • Amigo, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Lol!!! As if CHADDIS are more Intelligent & Decent. Some educated FOOLS are thinking that whatever Chaddis do, is in the interest of the Nation where as they are only Fooling the people by selling them sweet dreams in day time and grabing Power with Cheat & Deceits.

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  • Emi, Brighton

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Modi can appear on Jio adds, PAYTM adds. Other states can spend money on adds but now DElhi is union territory, trying to trap Kejariwal again. I mean BJP and Modi should let him rule delhi. Dirty politics.

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  • Vikas G, Udupi

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Reliance or Paytm or at the end of the day BJP pays it. Not ex- chequer unlike this case. If you have doubts , file a RTI if u think govt pays it. Also don't forget to ask who pays for Siddu,s Bhaagya ads that pop up every 10 mins in Kannada channels and local news papers everyday , I'm case decide to file one.

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  • Ramesh S, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Emi, do you know what you are saying!!..MODI didnt spend any money on RIO/PAYTM, moreover these companies apologised using his photo without PMO consent..KUJLI spent crores of DELHI tax payers money on Advt outside DELHI!, where is his Govt outside Delhi..AAP has promised a clean,different politics, is this difference!! almost all MLAs given Govt perks, EC soon decide on such 21 MLAs fate..they may loose their seat also..

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  • Upendra, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Ramesh

    Your chaiwala spent crores of poor peoples money for workd tour do you know that

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  • Amigo, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    Kangress - Fekus Bhai Bhai against MANGO peoples.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Mar 30 2017

    With love from BJP ...

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