Telangana Ad irks in Controversy

Hyderabad, Aug 20: As we knew that, Telangana Govt has started thier prestigious Kanti Velugu program on the occasion of Independence Day. However, the add of Kanti Velugu schemes irks in a controversy.

According to the details, A woman was featured in two print advertisements of Telangana government with one of them carrying a picture of another man as her husband, prompting an embarrassed administration to issue notices to the ad agencies concerned seeking an explanation.

The department officials have asked the agencies concerned to furnish the relevant information regarding the advertisement.

They have also asked the ad agencies whether they had the proper authorisation to use the picture in the advertorial.

The advertisement highlighting newly launched government schemes in Telugu papers carried pictures of the woman and her husband, while the publicity material released for English papers had the photo of a different man as her spouse.

The woman, a native of Suryapet District, has said she was approached by some people a few days ago and they took her and her husband's picture, promising benefits under a government scheme.

However, she was shocked to see her picture in the advertisement with another man as her husband, the woman said, adding she also had to face criticism from family members.