from daijiworld's special correspondent (MB)
Panaji, May 15: Taking cognizance of the request by a political party to allow hoardings and banners during Goa Assembly elections, the Election Commission on Monday said it would review the ban on such material.
"We have received the representation from one of the political parties and we will take appropriate view in this matter in the next couple of days," Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi told reporters here.
The Congress had expressed their displeasure over total ban on hoardings and banners during a campaign for the June 2 assembly elections.
The hoardings, posters and banners were prohibited under Goa Defacement of Property Act.
Briefing presspersons after a series of meetings with political parties, state election officials and police, Quraishi said the ban was one among the issues raised by the parties, who have also expressed happiness over election arrangements.
"One party wanted hoardings and banners to be allowed because they are temporary and can be removed but everyone agreed that posters create permanent defacement and they should not be allowed," Quraishi said without naming the political party.
He said the EC's viewpoint is that the banners and hoardings make the city look ugly and become a nuisance to the people. "But still we will take the representation before the EC, which will take appropriate view of it," Quraishi said.
"Your state (Goa) has an Act which needs to be implemented and we are precisely doing that," he said.
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