A day after Congress leaders in Haryana took on the Manohar Lal Khattar-led government for the alleged removal of actor Parineeti Chopra as the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign’s state brand ambassador, the spokesperson for Women and Child Development Department of Haryana Government on Friday said that an MoU signed with the actor had ended in April, 2017.

“Spokesperson of Women&Child Development Dept of Haryana Govt: News of Parineeti Chopra being dropped(for tweeting against #CAA) as brand ambassador of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ is false, baseless and malicious.MOU was for 1 year, till April, 2017. Thereafter MoU was never renewed”, reported ANI.

On Thursday, Congress leaders including Randeep Singh Surjewala and Kumari Selja had criticised the Haryana government over alleged removal of Parineeti Chopra from her assignment of brand ambassador.

खट्टर साहब हरियाणा की बेटियां पढ़ी लिखी भी हैं, समझदार भी और अपने विचार व्यक्त करने का साहस रखने वाली भी।

उन्हें ब्रांड ऐम्बैसडर से हटा कर और बोखला कर आप उनकी आवाज़ नही दबा सकते।

और जजपा चुप क्यों है?

कितनों की आवाज दबाओगे और आखिर कब तक?https://t.co/Wah61i4Gue

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) December 19, 2019

बेटी बचाओ बेटी पढ़ाओ का नारा देने वाली भाजपा सरकार पर सत्ता का घमंड इस कदर चढ़ा हुआ है कि वह सच सुनने को कतई तैयार नहीं है।

ऐसी ओछी हरकतें कर भाजपा हमारी बेटियों की आवाज को दबा नहीं सकती। pic.twitter.com/BDkm7azxr6

— Kumari Selja (@kumari_selja) December 19, 2019

Through a tweet, Parineeti had recently condemned police action against students in Delhi. She wrote, “If this is what’s gonna happen everytime a citizen expresses their view, forget #CAB, we should pass a bill and not call our country a democracy anymore! Beating up innocent human beings for speaking their mind? BARBARIC (sic).”

If this is what’s gonna happen everytime a citizen expresses their view, forget #CAB, we should pass a bill and not call our country a democracy anymore! Beating up innocent human beings for speaking their mind? BARBARIC.

— Parineeti Chopra (@ParineetiChopra) December 17, 2019

The actress was nominated the campaign’s brand ambassador in July 2015. More than a year later, wrestler Sakshi Malik was also nominated as the brand ambassador of the campaign.