The AAP government’s decision to spend a whopping Rs 526 crore for information and publicity in the current financial year on Thursday drew sharp rebuke from the Opposition parties which said spending public money on “self publicity” amounted to corruption.
The government, however, strongly defended the allocation arguing that a separate head has been created for publicity and advertisement for the first time and that the figure may be less than the amount spent in previous years by various departments.
“For the first time, the government has created a separate fund for all the expenses made by each department for information and publicity. The move is to bring transparency and every single penny will be accounted for,” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.
The BJP and the Congress came down hard on the AAP government for allocating such a “huge” sum for advertisement, saying it is also a kind of corruption.
