New Delhi: In a severe indictment, Delhi Lokayukta on Wednesday held Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit guilty of allegedly misusing public funds on an advertisement campaign to get political mileage ahead of last assembly polls and recommended recovery of Rs 11 crore either from her or the Congress.
Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin recommended President Pranab Mukherjee to administer "caution" to Dikshit for the alleged misuse of public funds for a series of advertisements carried out in print and outdoor media in 2007-08 with punchline "Delhi is changing". He recommended to the President to "advise" Dikshit to reimburse either herself or through her party a sum of Rs 11 crore as half the cost of the advertisements in 2008 or any amount the President finds adequate.
When her reaction was sought, Dikshit said that "I have not read the (Lokayukta) order. I do not know about the charges. Let the order come to me. But I want to say that I have no guilt complex". The Chief Minister was holding charge of the Department of Information and Publicity when the advertisement campaign was carried out.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was quick to demand resignation of Dikshit and accused her of "destroying the sanctity" of the Chief Minister's office. "Dikshit has betrayed Delhi residents by using hard earned tax payers' money to serve personal interest. She must step down immediately. If she does not step down, then she should be sacked immediately. Also a case of misusing
10:30 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: In a severe indictment, Delhi Lokayukta on Wednesday held Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit guilty of allegedly misusing public funds on an advertisement campaign to get political mileage ahead of last assembly polls and recommended recovery of Rs 11 crore either from her or the Congress. Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin recommended President Pranab Mukherjee to administer "caution" to Dikshit for the alleged misuse of public funds for a series...
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