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Karnataka election team removes over 87,000 illegal political displays following MCC enforcement

BENGALURU: Within 24 hours of the implementation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), the office of the Chief Electoral Officer on Sunday said the staff on election duty removed a total of 87,212 wall writings, posters, banners and other items from government properties in Karnataka. A team of 5130 officials worked on the drive. A maximum of posters have been removed from Davengere (6405). Thoughthe number of items was the highest in Tumakuru (10,922), only 4664 defaced properties were cleared. As per the list, 6180unauthorised posters, banners and other promotional materials were removed in Gadag,followed by 5487 inKalaburgi,5714 inMysuru,5711 inHaveri,4936 inBengaluru rural,4328 in Bagalkot. The lowest was in Bengaluru North- 77, followed by Bengaluru South- 132 and Bengaluru Central- 420 Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Meena held a meeting of political party representatives to brief them on the MCC. Model Code of Conduct comes into effect: What changes now? Lok Sabha polls 2024: Voting to be held from April 19 in 7 phases, results to be announced on June 4

The New Indian Express 18 Mar 2024 12:35 pm