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Parineeti not Haryana ambassador for 'Beti Bachao': Minister
Gurgaon, July 21
Haryana has not appointed
Bollywood star Parineeti Chopra as the brand ambassador for the 'Beti
Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign in the state, Social Justice, Empowerment
and Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain said on Tuesday.
Jain was talking to media persons after participating in an event related to the campaign.
She
said the Haryana government has not made any payment to Chopra for the
purpose, and Chopra expressed her wish to work for the campaign without
charging any fee.
A state government spokesman said on July 16
that Parineeti was chosen for the campaign as she hailed from the
state's Ambala town.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched
the nationwide campaign from Panipat town in January to promote the
cause of the girl child.
The campaign was launched from Haryana
as the state has the worst sex ratio at 879 females per 1,000 males. The
child sex ratio in Haryana is the worst among all the states in the
country.
Haryana's Health Minister Anil Vij recently tweeted that
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar kept him in the dark over Chopra's
"appointment" as brand ambassador.