Hoarding war among political parties deface cityscape
Neeraj Bagga
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, December 19
Ahead of Assembly elections, a large number of posters, hoardings, buntings, flex and display boards have sprung up in various nooks and corners of the holy city. They have left a bad impression on the cityscape while compromising its city’s aesthetic beauty.
Undoubtedly, it brought out prevailing political scenario in the state where political parties and its leaders are engaged in a bitter fight to outdo one other. The recent political developments led to complete defacement of the city. Supporters and political outfits throughout the city are not leaving no stone unturned.
Amidst all these publicity advertisement materials, display boards highlighting promises and achievements of CM Charanjit Singh Channi stood out. They are of mammoth size and made of fine material. Onlookers are tempted to have a look at them. Most of these boards inform of those steps undertaken by Channi after becoming CM. Like a board proclaims that government jobs were given to the families of farmers who died during the stir of farmers against farm laws, balance power tariff of consumers with 2kW power connections was waived, pro-farmer state government, ‘Har Warg Di Madadgar, Twadi Apni Punjab Sarkar’ (Helpful for all sections, your own state government).
Lakshmi Kanta Chawla, a senior BJP leader, said the CM seemed to be focusing on his publicity campaign by giving advertisements in his name, putting up hoardings with his photo in the cities and getting his photo installed on the state run buses. She asked the government to make public as to how much money was spent on getting the CM’s photo on hoardings besides what cost the state exchequer incurred on CM’s chopper flights.
“By the way, the CM is doing injustice to the state employees. A month ago it was announced that 36,000 employees would be confirmed and now they have been waiting for the government’s notification which will eligible them to regularise”, she said. She claimed that CM Channi and his government are waiting for the election code of conduct to come into force to give an excuse not to confirm these employees. She recalled that erstwhile SAD government had announced to regularise 50,000 employees but the promise evaporated with the implementation of the code of conduct.
