MK Stalin hails court on digital banners rule
Putting up banners to celebrate birthdays or announcing leaders' arrival for public meetings has become a fad among the parties.
Chennai: DMK chief M. K. Stalin is the first leader to hail the Madras High Court’s Wednesday interim order restraining the political parties from erecting digital banners on roadsides across Tamil Nadu.
Welcoming the order, Mr. Stalin said he had on several occasions requested the DMK members not to place banners as these would cause hindrance to the public.
Taking to twitter, Mr. Stalin said “I have repeatedly insisted that banners should not be kept to hinder the public. Despite this, I know banners have been put up at some places. Party members should completely avoid this.”
“This is not only legal but also it will not cause inconvenience to the public!” Mr. Stalin said hailing the court order.
Putting up banners to celebrate birthdays or announcing leaders’ arrival for public meetings has become a fad among the parties. Despite complaints from the public this banner cult had continued unabated.
On Wednesday, a division bench comprising Justices: M. Sathyanarayanan and P. Rajamanickam passed interim order while hearing a contempt petition by social activist ‘Traffic’ Ramasamy seeking to punish officials for 'failure' to implement the court orders against unauthorised banners.