A two-member Bench of Chief Justice L Narasimha Reddy and Anjana Mishra passed the order while hearing a writ petition filed by Nagarik Adhikar Manch convenor and RTI activist Shiv Prakash Rai, accusing the state government of misusing public money in the name of campaign for publicity of the ruling JD(U) .
Bihar Additional Advocate-General Lalit Kishore said: “The court has ruled that photographs of CM, ministers or any other <g data-gr-id="19">leader as well as audio-visual visual material</g> will not be used during the Bihar <g data-gr-id="21">Badh</g> Chala (BCB) campaign.”
Kishore said apart from this, data collection under the campaign would continue as usual and the court said it would hear the case again after four weeks. He added two private agencies – one from Hyderabad and another from New Delhi – are handling the campaign.
“We argued that BCB is about knowing the problems and aspirations of crores of people from various walks of life residing in the state. It will lead to a purposeful document for any government, which comes to power,” Kishore added.