In the name of digital India Ambanis have used PM Modi for the advertisement and campaigning of Reliance JIO . Newspaper splashed full-page ads of Prime Minister Narendra Modi “endorsing” Reliance Jio. Is this right or wrong the Press council of India should spell out.
Several editions of English dailies, Times of India and Hindustan Times, carried front-page advertisements of Reliance Jio featuring the Prime Minister with the captions, “Dedicated to India and 1.2 billion Indians.”
The Modi advertisement reads, “In the journey of time, there comes a few life-changing movements. Our Honourable Prime Minister’s inspiring vision of Digital India is one such movement. Jio is dedicated to realising our Prime Minister’s Digital India vision for 1.2 billion Indians.
Jio Digital Life will give the power of data to each Indian, to fulfill every dream and collectively take India to the global digital leadership…”
Opposition leaders and many other hit out at the Prime Minister, some calling him a “stooge” of the richest man in India. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has always been at loggerheads with the Centre, launched the attack on Twitter.
People must decide if Ambanis were using Modi or Modi is using JIO for his Government campaign indirectly. It is for the people to decide.
