Expressing concern over “blatant” violation of Supreme Court guidelines, Delhi High Court has asked the AAP government to give details of money spent on advertisements allegedly glorifying Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath also sought details from Delhi government on advertisements issued by them in other states apart from the national capital after the Supreme Court ruling that taxpayers’ money cannot be spent to build the image of political leaders.
The court’s order came on a public interest litigation filed by senior Congress leader Ajay Maken, who sought immediate direction to restrain the “Delhi government from airing its recent audio visual TV advertisement and also its recent advertisement”