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Last Update: February 01, 2023, 00:28 IST
The 2023 official calendar of Punjab mainly showcases the projects launched by the AAP. Along with the details of the projects, the calendar also carries the photograph of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. (Image: PTI/File)
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Waring said that AAP had used the official calendar as a medium for its propaganda and instead of using pictures of religious significance, CM Bhagwant Mann had given permission to use his picture. Was given
The release of the official calendar by the Bhagwant Mann-led government has sparked a controversy with the Punjab Congress alleging that the AAP is using it for its propaganda. The chief minister had recently released the calendar for 2023, which mainly featured projects launched by the ruling party in the state. Along with the details of the projects, the calendar also features Mann’s photograph.
The Punjab Congress hit out at the Mann-led government for using the official calendar for the party’s campaign. State unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Waring said Punjab is known as the land of saints and instead of using photographs of religious places, the AAP government had used the medium for self-promotion. He said that the CM had given permission to use his photograph.
Opposition parties said that as per the earlier tradition, the government calendar had pictures of religious significance and by replacing them with its calendar, the government was trying to send a wrong message.
An Akali Dal leader alleged, “The party claims to be a party for the common man and what they are trying to do here is to misuse the government calendar and turn it into the party’s propaganda material.”
Releasing the calendar and diary for 2023, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office had said that the layout design of the diary was prepared by the Information and Public Relations Department.
The AAP government has been under constant attack from opposition parties not only over alleged misappropriation of funds but also over the interference of party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the day-to-day affairs of the state government.
Earlier, former Deputy Speaker Bir Devinder Singh had urged Governor Banwarilal Purohit to seek the evaluation report from Chief Secretary VK Janjua as he “gave his report card to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal”.
In a letter to the governor, Singh said, “His conduct was an irrational and disgusting display of unparalleled sycophancy at the formal inauguration of 400 Aam Aadmi clinics in Amritsar on January 27, where Janjua was seen presenting his report card to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.” went. , disregarding the rules of governance and the dignity of Punjab.
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