The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Thursday apologised for a goof up in a newspaper advertisement given on the occasion of the first Constitution Day. The advertisements carried the preamble of the Constitution, but omitted 'secular' and 'socialist' words from the same.
The Delhi government has also ordered an inquiry into it to find out if the omission of words was a deliberate mischief.
In the advertisement, the government gave out the schedule of an event for the celebration of Constitution Day at Mavlankar Hall at Constitution Club Complex in Rafi Marg of the national capital. While the chief guest for the event was Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the event was to be presided over by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
The advertisements were published in English dailies of the national capital.
A statement released by the government said, "Socialist and Secular are erroneously missing from the text published in the English advertisement. The Chief Minister has taken a stern view of the matter and has directed the Director of Information and Publicity to conduct an inquiry and submit a report within four days. The Director has been asked to ascertain how such important components of the Preamble of the Constitution went missing from the text. The inquiry will focus on whether some mischief was involved in this matter."
This comes on the day when the country is marking the first Constitutional Day.
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