Hindustan Times (Chandigarh)

Cong demands removal of hoardings with Hry govt ads

- Indo-asian News Service

NEWDELHI:THE Congress on Tuesday demanded removal of hoardings in poll-bound Haryana which carry government advertisem­ents.

The party’s leaders from Haryana, led by former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and state chief Kumari Selja, submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission (EC) here, alleging that the BJP is blatantly misusing the official machinery in the state which will have Assembly polls on October 21.

“It has come to our notice that hoardings and advertisem­ents featuring the present Chief Minister of Haryana (Manohar Lal Khattar) and projecting government’s achievemen­ts are being displayed prominentl­y at public places and most notably at petrol pump stations, state government hospitals etc despite the announceme­nt of the (election) schedule,” the memorandum said.

These advertisem­ents are issued at the cost of public exchequer, Hooda said.

The party also complained

COMPLAINS AGAINST HPSC, ALLEGING THAT IT IS BEHAVING LIKE A ‘BJP AGENT’

against Haryana Public Service Commission, alleging that it is behaving like a “BJP agent”.

Selja said the recruitmen­t board is behaving in partisan manner as job advertisem­ents are issued on daily basis to “misguide” the youth.

KHATTAR MISUSING POWER: SELJA

After the announceme­nt of elections, Haryana Chief Minister is “misusing” his powers, she said.

Hooda said the “code of conduct is in force but it is violated on daily basis. People are misled in the name of jobs by calling them before elections”.

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in New Delhi on Tuesday.
HT PHOTO Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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