Rajasthan government orders removal of Deendayal Upadhyay's logo from official documents

JAIPUR: Reversing the order of the Vasundhara Raje government, the newly-elected Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government issued an order to remove the logo of RSS and BJP ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay from the government documents and official letterheads. The logo will be replaced by the Ashok Stambh, the national emblem.

According to the order, the logo of Upadhyay will be removed from the letterheads of all the government departments, local bodies, boards and public sector units.

The previous Raje government had issued the order in December 11, 2017.


The decision was taken in the first cabinet meeting of the Gehlot government.

A day after the cabinet decided to remove the logo, cabinet minister Raghu Sharma took on the previous BJP government alleging that the former government brought disgrace to Ashok Stambh by printing Upadhyay’s logo alongside the national emblem on government’s official letterhead.