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Only 8 leaders figure in official list of photos in government offices
12 Jan, 2012
Government offices in the state are allowed to display portraits and photographs of only eight leaders, namely - Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, incumbent President and Prime Minister, Mother (Goddess) India, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Shyama Prasad Mookherjee, the Gujrat state government has said in reply to an RTI query, adding that some offices in districts are allowed to have pictures of local martyrs. The appellant had claimed that despite the Supreme Court order and the Constitution prohibition of use of religious photographs in government offices, in practice several government offices use them. The appellant wanted inclusion of Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s photos in the government list.