Calling it an “unnecessary controversy” over a “non-issue”, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra pointed out that Gandhi’s photographs were not used in KVIC calendars and diaries in 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Calling it an “unnecessary controversy” over a “non-issue”, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra pointed out that Gandhi’s photographs were not used in KVIC calendars and diaries in 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012 and 2013. KVIC chairman V K Saxena said there is “no rule or tradition” in the Commission that only Mahatma Gandhi’s picture can be published on these items. Calling it an “unnecessary controversy” over a “non-issue”, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra pointed out that Gandhi’s photographs were not used in KVIC calendars and diaries in 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012 and 2013. There is no year in which Gandhi was replaced by the then Prime Minister or President.”At an event in Barasat district of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “Even Mahatma Gandhi’s picture was replaced by that of Narendra Modi.

Source: Indian Express January 13, 2017 22:50 UTC