Government asked to look in the advertisement where postmen were shown in wrong limelight

NEW DELHI: A BJP member in Lok Sabha asked the government to take congnizance of a TV commercial which portrayed the postmen as those who respect the rich and disregard the poor.

S S Ahluwalia asked the Telecom and IT Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad whether has he seen the commercial in which the postmen shows disrespect towards a man whose house had a poor coat of paint.

"When he gets his house painted using a costly paint of a big company, postmen, in official uniform, salutes him...it portrays them as people who respect the rich and disregard the poor," he said during Question Hour.

Prasad, who is also in-charge of the Department of Post, said he has seen the advertisement and would bring it to the notice of Information and Broadcasting Minister, Arun Jaitley as TV advertisements come in the domain of Jaitley's ministry.

He said that he appreciates the concern of Ahluwalia regarding the poor portrayal of postal employees in the commercial.