An RTI query revealed that Trivendra Singh Rawat’s office spent Rs 68,59,865 on tea and refreshments since assuming office on March 18, 2017.
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand chief minister’s office spent more than Rs 68 lakh on tea and refreshments in 10 months since he took charge last March, an RTI query has revealed.
In a letter dated January 22, additional secretary (secretariat administration) Vinod Raturi told RTI activist Hemant Singh that Rs 68,59,865 had been spent on ‘chai paani’ (tea and refreshments) since Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Trivendra Singh Rawat assumed the chief minister’s office on March 18, 2017.
A break-up of the expenses suggests that an average of Rs 22,000 was spent per day on entertaining about 150-200 guests.
The chief minister’s office, however, said the amount spent on refreshments was Rs 50,38,880 — Rs 33,85,791 at CM’s residence and Rs 16,53,089 at his office.
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