INDIA SUMMARIZED

A Central government appointed Committee today came down heavily on AAP government in Delhi, saying it had splurging exchequer’s money on advertisements projecting Chief Minister  Arvind Kejriwal  and his party in violation of Supreme Court guidelines and asked the ruling party to reimburse it. The three-member committee, headed by former Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon, had been constituted by the I&B ministry on directions of Supreme Court to address issues related to Content Regulation in Government Advertising. The committee had received a complaint from  Congress  leader Ajay Maken accusing the AAP government in Delhi of splurging public money on advertisements. In its order issued today, “the Committee came to the conclusion that the Government of NCT of Delhi has violated guidelines issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in six of the nine areas listed by the complainant”. The violations include “outstation advertisements, false/...

To, The Chief Election Commission of India. Subject  : Appeal dated 9 th .April-2015, against misuse of  AAP  registered constitution. Based on the wishes of several AAP members, activists, overseas Indians and well-wishers of the Aam Admi Party allow me to submit this appeal to you as all other in-house appeals have failed. You as our CEC stand as the first Human Right Agent in India of my Political Party-AAP. I am one of the early members of AAP. Having served my party since Anna Movement in India as well as abroad, I am investing full time and my money in AAP Delhi works since past two years. It was sad that on 2/9/2014 for making my pending demands visible of inner democracy and for equal rights to all members, I was forced to sit on three day fast with my other colleagues after seeking police permission at my party head office,40,Hanuman Mandir Road, Connaught Place. My fast with others was broken on oral assurance of equal rights to all members in ...