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Winners and losers of LS elections deface Mumbai with party hoardings

Updated on: 27 May,2014 10:07 AM IST  | 
Aarti Bhanushali |

Ever since the announcement of election results, city has been inundated with banners and hoardings of political parties. It’s not just winners; even parties that were defeated have grabbed space to ‘thank’ voters!

Winners and losers of LS elections deface Mumbai with party hoardings

Ever since the announcement of the Lok Sabha election results, the city has been inundated with banners, posters and hoardings of political parties. It’s not just winners; even parties that were defeated in the elections have grabbed space to ‘thank’ voters.


After the election results, the city is filled with banners of both winning and losing political parties. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar and Datta Kumbhar
After the election results, the city is filled with banners of both winning and losing political parties. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar and Datta Kumbhar


On May 17, mid-day had reported how, after the BJP-Sena alliance hit bull’s eye in the elections, the BJP placed a bulk order of 100 hoardings in Mumbai. Although BJP’s city president, Ashish Shelar, claims that they have only paid for commercial hoarding, this paper observed the streets filled with banners and posters.


The hoardings and posters display victory messages, congratulating winners, thanking voters, singing praises of their elected members or simply carrying mammoth pictures of Narendra Modi and Bal Thackeray shaking hands.

Surprisingly, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), who both received a crushing defeat, are not left behind. One can see a number of hoardings from their stable as well, thanking citizens for casting their precious votes.

Rahul Shewale, the Shiv Sena winner from South Central constituency, said, “The party has taken permission to put up hoardings. Other hoardings of individuals congratulating me are simply expressing their happiness. They, however, don’t have permission.”

BMC Speak
Mohan Adtani, the additional municipal commissioner and in-charge of the licence department, which issues permission for displaying such material, said, “In the suburbs, one can see a lot of hoardings of political parties. I have directed officials to file cases against lawbreakers. We have given permission for approximately 1,800 hoardings and the list is regularly updated on our website.”

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