BJP government in Uttarkhand spent Rs. 68 lakh on tea, snacks in 9 months: RTI
Dehradun: The state government in Uttarakhand, headed by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, has spent over Rs. 68 lakh in nine months on tea and snacks revealed a Right To Information (RTI).
The RTI request was sent by an activist, Hemant Singh Gaunia, to the BJP government in Dehradun on December 19, 2017, asking for details on the money spent on tea and snacks ever since the new government was sworn in on March 18 last year.
The state government, in its response, said "68 lakh, 59 thousand and 865 rupees have been spent".
The money has been spent by the ministers and other officials in entertaining guests, specifically on tea and snacks, it said.
Trivendra Singh Rawat was sworn-in as the ninth Chief Minister of Uttarakhand after the BJP's landslide win in the assembly polls last March. The party had won 57 of the 70 seats in the Uttarkhand assembly.
A similar RTI enquiry in 2016 had revealed that the then chief minister Harish Rawat's government had spent nearly Rs. 1.5 crore between February 2014 and July 2016 on tea and breakfast.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
