“Ornamental Post”: AAP vs Lt Governor On Rs 1.5-Crore Social Media Spend
Opening another front in their long-running battle, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Saxena are now at loggerheads over an agency being hired by Mr Saxena’s office at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore a year allegedly to “boost his image”. Questioning why a person holding an “ornamental” post needed to burden taxpayers by issuing a tender to hire an agency to manage his social media presence and burnish his image, Delhi minister and senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said, “Delhi has had many lieutenant governors, but we have never seen someone paying an agency Rs 1.5 crore a year to manage his social media accounts, including Facebook, Instagram and… Read More »“Ornamental Post”: AAP vs Lt Governor On Rs 1.5-Crore Social Media Spend