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‘2.3 crore spent on Amitabh ad’

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Government on Friday said the previous Samajwadi Party regime spent over Rs 2.3 crore on the TV and newspaper advertisement blitz featuring Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan and he was not paid for it.

In a written reply to a question by a Congress member, Chief Minister Mayawati told the Assembly that Rs 90,000 were spent on advertisements in 2005-06 and over Rs 2.31 crore in 2006-07 by the Mulayam Singh Yadav Government.

She said the artistes featuring in the advertisement campaign titled ‘Uttar Pradesh Ban Raha Hai Uttam Pradesh’ were not made any payment.

Mr. Bachchan had figured in the advertisement that was aired on TV channels and published in newspapers during the previous regime some months before the April-May Assembly elections in the State. -- PTI

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