PM Modi's image on khadi calendar may have been used without PMO permission

Rahul Gandhi took a dig at Narendra Modi by calling it 'The Mangalayaan effect'.

A political storm raged over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's picture spinning the charkha appearing on the cover pages of the KVIC calendar and diary, instead of the iconic picture of Mahatma Gandhi weaving Khadi on a simple charkha wearing his trademark loin-cloth. 

A report published in The Economics Times suggests that KVIC had not sought permission from PMO to use Narendra Modi's image in its calendars. Top government officials familiar with the PMO’s response to the KVIC issue, which has seen Opposition leaders such as Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal criticise the government, told ET that the prime