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Opposition questions CM's hoardings in Jammu, Srinagar Harsh Dev accuses Information department of bias 2/19/2014 11:19:20 PM Abodh Sharma JAMMU, Feb 19: Huge hoardings of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and several other Ministers erected at prime locations in both Jammu and Srinagar were questioned by the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly today. Panthers party MLA Yashpal Kundal through his listed question sought to know from the government about the cost incurred in raising such huge hoardings and the sources through which these expenditures were met. Harsh Dev Singh argued that the sections 115 and 118 of the Municipal Act provided that no hoardings can be erected within the municipal limits without the permission of the Municipal Corporation and if any such hoarding is raised, the payment should be recovered from the person whose picture is visible in the hoarding. He also questioned the move to outsource the outdoor advertisement by the SMC and the JMC when the Municipal Act did not provide for such a move. Harsh Dev however, exclaimed that while the corporations immediately pulled down hoardings showing pictures of the leaders of the Opposition, those of the Ministers and the Chief Minister continued to occupy prime advertisement space. Replying to the question of Yashpal Kundal, Minister for Urban Development, Nawang Rigzin Jora argued that the chief minister or the minister could raise hoardings for communicating messages of public importance. "You would have seen huge hoardings of the Chief Ministers of the other states and huge advertisements issued by them in the national dailies," the minister said. Meanwhile, Harsh Dev Singh accused the Government media of bias and discrimination against the leaders of the Opposition. He rued that the statements and issues raised by the opposition were not accommodated in the press notes issued by the Department of Information and there was a deliberate attempt to black them out. "Even in case of questions raised by the Opposition, the names of the members were deleted from the reports," he said.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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