Officials remove Aam Aadmi words from Delhi government schemes, cover Kejriwal s photos too (Repeating story for all needing)
New Delhi March 25 (IANS) In keeping with the Delhi Election Commission s order ahead of the municipal polls officials on Friday started plastering over the words Aam Aadmi from Delhi government-run schemes on display and some even went to the extent of covering Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal s face which was not part of the order.
Ahead of the April 23 municipal elections in the national capital the Delhi Election Commission directed that the government in the capital remove the words Aam from all forms of display of its schemes.
The state poll panel s order came on the memorandum of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijender Gupta who had demanded that the words Aam Aadmi be removed as reference to Delhi s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
The commission through a letter on Tuesday directed the Delhi Chief Secretary and all the three city municipal commissioners to remove the word Aam from all forms of display including hoardings banners name plates billboards in Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics and Aam Aadmi Bypass Express Service or anywhere within the jurisdiction of the Delhi government.
However on Friday officials while carrying out the directive to cover the word Aam with newspaper also plastered over the next word Aadmi on hoardings billboards and banners of the Delhi government s flagship Mohalla Clinic scheme across the city.
In the process the authorities also covered up the photographs of Kejriwal and Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in several banners and hoardings of Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics.
Elections for the North East and South Delhi Municipal Corporations are scheduled on April 23 and the results will be announced on April 26.
The model code of conduct is in force from March 14.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is gearing up for intensive campaigning for the civic polls from March 31.
AAP Convenor Kejriwal has planned several public meetings across the city for the municipal polls.
--IANS
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