The Gurgaon district adminstration has found the act of publishing and distrbuting a newapaper without proper registration named AAP ki karanti by Aam Aadmi Party candidate Yogendra Yadav in Gurgaon during election campaigning, as violation of model code of conduct. The administration of millennium city has decided to add the cost of newspaper in Yadav’s election expenditure.
The district media & certification monitoring committee (MCMC) along with Shekhar Vidyarthi, deputy commissioner of Gurgaon have marked enquiry by the Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) to look into the matter whether it was an unregistered newspaper or not. He also directed him to take action according.
As far as the expenditure of the newspaper ‘Aap Ki Kranti’ is concerned, the MCMC committee has decided to take cost at market rate and decided to calculate at the rate of Rs 3 per copy. ‘For 50,000 copies which were distributed during election campaigning, the total cost comes out to be Rs 1,50,000 which has been decided to add into the candidates election expenditure’ said Vidyarthi.
The supporters of Aap party were found distributing controversial newspaper at various places in Gurgaon and adjoining district Mewat, of which survey showing AAP on upper edge above all and other content in favour of Yadav were published. Besides interviews of Arvind Kejriwal and Yogender Yadav were published in the newspaper.
Considering it a violation, notice was served in this connection to Yadav by the District MCMC Committee and he was asked to reply within 48 hours.
The reply was received on 9th April in which it was contended by Yadav that ‘Aap Ki Kranti’ is not a newspaper and it is only a pamphlet published for distribution into Aap workers and not amongst the public.