AAP Govt spent nearly Rs. 15 crore in 91 days on ads :RTI reply
The account is for a 91-day period till May 11.
The list of publications which had received money from the Arvind Kejriwal government for carrying the advertisements also include dailes from Kerala, Karnataka, Odisha and Tamil Nadu among other states.
A reply provided to a RTI query by advocate Amar Panwar says the Delhi government disbursed a total amount of Rs 14.56 crore for advertising, excluding broadcast from February 10 to May 11.
The AAP government came under attack from the opposition Congress on Sunday for its expenses on advertising campaigns.
The government says the advertisements were aimed at spreading awareness about public policies.
The Lok Sabha was told recently that the Delhi government spent around Rs 5 crore in publicising the two rounds of the odd-even scheme, implemented for 15 days each in January and April respectively.
Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said that expenditure of print media stood at Rs 1.67 crore while an amount of Rs 3.72 crore was spent to advertise the road-rationing policy on electronic media.
The Opposition has targeted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the odd-even measure, enforced as an anti-pollution initiative by the AAP government, terming it as a "publicity stunt".
This year, the Congress filed a case in court, alleging that a chunk of the advertising money was spent on media blitz.
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