After railway tickets, now boarding pass of Air India has PM Modi’s pics

On March 20, tickets with photos of the prime minister were withdrawn by the railways after the Trinamool Congress complained to the Election Commission about them

Latest News: A boarding pass issued by Air India with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has come under criticism, days after the PM’s photo on railway tickets created a furore.

The airline said the passes featuring the photographs, which were third-party advertisements, would be withdrawn if they are found to be in violation of the Model Code of Conduct. Former Punjab DGP Shashi Kant on Monday tweeted a photograph of his boarding pass issued at the New Delhi airport, questioning how pictures of the two leaders could be on it.

“At New Delhi airport today March 25th, 2019. My Air India Boarding Pass, prominently flashes Narendra Modi, “Vibrant Gujrat” & Vijay Rupani. Picture of boarding pass is below. Wonder why we are wasting public money on this Election Commission, which doesn’t see, hear or speak…,” he tweeted.

Air India spokesperson Dhananjay Kumar said the boarding passes seemed to be one printed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit held in January and the photographs were part of the advertisement from ‘third parties’. “The rolls seem to be the ones left over from the boarding passes printed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit and the photos are third-party advertisements. It has nothing to do with Air India….

Good news for Gujarat farmers: BJP offers loans up to 3 lakh at 0% interest

The move is likely to benefit 2.5 million farmers

With Gujarat polls around the corner and the Congress giving neck-to-neck competition to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, on Monday, announced farm loans of up to Rs 3 lakh at zero per cent interest.

The move, aimed at wooing voters of rural Gujarat, is likely to benefit 2.5 million farmers.

Addressing the BJP workers at 'Gujarat Gaurav Sammelan', Rupani said that the seven per cent interest on loans will be borne by the state and Centre, the English daily added.

The state’s exchequer will have to deal with an additional burden of Rs 700 crore per annum.(economy news)

As reported earlier, Vijay Rupani also said the government would be setting up 16 new Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) industrial estates that would generate employment for 100,000. 

Gujarat government had also announced a cut in value-added tax (VAT) of four per cent on retail petrol and diesel prices.

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