Wall cleaning operation in Buddhadeb's constituency

Kolkata, Mar 10 (UNI) Abiding by the Election Commission's directive to clean up slogans painted on walls by political parties, the West Bengal administration today launched an extensive white washing of walls in Jadavpur area, the constituency of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.

The work was taken up under the supervision of police and EC officials, sending a clear signal of strict implementation of the Commission's directives.

Walls displaying the graffiti of ruling and opposition parties preparing for the assembly polls were white washed.

Representatives of both the ruling and opposition parties also supervised the work.

Lauding the effort, local people, however, apprehended that the directive would affect those engaged in writing wall graffiti.

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