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The constabulary person registered a lawsuit against the BJP territory president successful transportation with the installation of flex boards, flags, and banners crossed the metropolis up of the sojourn of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Flex boards and banners with pictures of the Prime Minister had sprung up successful the days starring up to the visit, resulting successful complaints that these were obstructing views and blocking footpaths.
The Corporation had issued a announcement to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) territory caput connected Thursday evening seeking the removal of the boards and flags and informing of enactment successful the lawsuit of non-compliance, immoderate of these were taken down.
Since the announcement was not afloat complied with, the Corporation connected Friday filed complaints with the Cantonment, Museum, and Thampanoor constabulary stations, pursuing which the Cantonment constabulary registered a case.
The Corporation besides imposed a punishment of astir ₹20 lakh connected the BJP territory committee done different notice. Next, it volition record an affidavit successful the High Court detailing the steps taken to region the boards.
The Corporation Secretary said enactment had been taken connected the ground of the civic body’s bylaw, authorities orders, and High Court rulings to region unauthorised flex boards.
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Mayor V.V. Rajesh had precocious directed the removal of flex boards successful the metropolis astatine the earliest.
The civic assemblage has a squad for removing the boards. However, the thought is to get those installing the boards to region them, alternatively of the civic assemblage spending wealth and labour successful doing it.
BJP territory president Karamana Jayan said the BJP had removed the flex boards from footpaths, and had photos and videos to enactment this. Since the Prime Minister was visiting the city, it was earthy that boards much successful fig than accustomed were enactment up. Most of these were concentrated astir the venue, helium said. He pointed retired that each parties enactment up boards and banners. The CPI(M) had blocked roads even, without immoderate enactment from the Corporation, truthful wherefore was the BJP being targeted, helium asked.
However, the Corporation Secretary denied immoderate bias, pointing retired that penalties were imposed connected each governmental parties and adjacent authorities departments. The biggest punishment earlier this was ₹12.5 lakh, imposed connected the CPI(M) during its territory conferences sometime back. FIRs excessively were registered against galore governmental parties.
The High Court had connected Friday expressed displeasure implicit hold successful removing unauthorised boards and flags from nationalist spaces and asked the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation to enactment arsenic per its directives.
