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How about framing such guidelines?
Most of you have already voted during the phases and now only the final phase remains. The campaigning for the last phase was over yesterday but the messages remain at various places. You might be asking what messages I am referring to in this post. I do not know the situation of other states but in West Bengal, you will find bold messages, posters, hoardings and flags of various political parties at many locations suggesting people to vote for their candidates. That's fine during the elections but does it look good if it's there for a long time?The Election Commission issues various guidelines from time to time to stop malpractices and influencing people during the poll process and they remain in force until a certain time. When the Election Commission is so much concerned about free and fair polls they should also look into the aspect of aesthetics. How about issuing guidelines to all the political parties to remove banners, hoardings, etc. and whitewash the walls when the campaign ends for a specific phase of the election? Such regulations for removal are there with the local authorities/municipalities but they are hardly followed as we see most of those remain for a significant time. Now, if such removals and cleaning come under the Model Code of Conduct then at least some quick action is expected. It will also help to showcase the responsibilities of the political workers as they will now have to remove them on time to make the area/city clean. Any takers for this suggestion?