NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the I&B Ministry and six states on a plea by an AAP MLA alleging that advertisements are being issued at government expenses for political purposes to benefit the ruling party.The states, which have been issued the notice, are UP, Rajasthan, MP, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.
The bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of the plea by AAP’s Burari MLA Sanjeev Jha, who has sought a direction to the BJP to reimburse to the Centre and the state governments concerned the money they have spent on advertisements allegedly to benefit the ruling party.The notice was also issued to the BJP. Jha has drawn the court’s attention towards “ex-facie violation and circumvention” of the SC directives by the Centre and the states controlled by the BJP.