Rs 1,000 cr spent on Modi govt’s 2-yr ads: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also took a dig at the Centre for over expenditure on advertisements marking the completion of its two years in office. “Modi government spend on ads for just one event 2 year bash? Sources- more than Rs 1,000 crore,” Kejriwal tweeted.

“All Delhi government departments total spend less than Rs 150 crore for full year,” he said in 

another tweet.

The AAP chief has been on loggerheads with the BJP over the issue of over-expenditure on advertisements. The AAP government had also faced flak from the Opposition parties over printing advertisements during the second phase of the Delhi government’s odd-even scheme in the national Capital between April 15 and April 30.

The Modi government has planned a mega show at Delhi’s India Gate on Saturday to mark the two-year celebration that will begin with the Prime Minister’s rally in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday evening.

AAP leader Dilip Pandey said: “Modiji got massive mandate on the development plank and the only development in the country has been done by PMO which is now functioning as an international travel agency. The officials have been reduced to travel agents who keep on arranging his visits to one country or the other.”

He added: “These visits are planned only in hope that situation or relations with other countries will improve but we have seen how they have gone worse be it with Pakistan, China or Nepal.

“There is no consistent, transparent, convenient foreign policy and the country has not reaped any benefits from your foreign trips. The FDI that you boast about has only turned out to be short term investment by foreign companies which come here for 3-4 months, make profits and leave.”