Expressing concern over "blatant" violation of the Supreme Court guidelines, Delhi High Court today asked AAP government to give details of the money spent on advertisements allegedly glorifying Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). A bench of the Court also sought details from Delhi government on advertisements issued by them in other states apart from the national capital after the Supreme Court ruling that taxpayers' money cannot be spent to build the image of political leaders. <br/><br/>Delhi government is directed to file its response by August 3, 2015, positively meeting all the allegations made in the petition. It shall also furnish the details of the amounts spent and the source of the expenditure for the government's advertisement by print and electronic media after May 13, 2015, judgement of the Supreme Court. The court said that the "act of the Delhi government is in contravention" of the apex court judgement.<br/><br/>The bench also asked the Delhi government's standing counsel whether the money spent on the advertisements was from the party fund or public money. The matter has now been listed for further consideration on August 3. The court's order came on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by senior Congress leader Ajay Maken, who sought immediate direction to restrain the "Delhi government from airing its recent audio visual TV advertisement and also its recent advertisement".
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How much money has AAP govt spent on ads, asks HC