Penalties levied against illegal hoardings and flexi boards in the city, far from acting as deterrent, are working only to legalise the violations if they are by political leaders and wannabes. The flexis tied all around the city ahead of the TRS Formation Day celebrations and party’s plenum are an indication of the same.
Be it the Praja Sangrama Yatra taken up by BJP state chief and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar, or the TRS plenary meeting last October and again this year on Wednesday, or the city tour by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday-- they were all lapped up by second and third rung leaders of the respective parties as occasions to prove their loyalty to the high command.
Ministers and elected public representatives are no exception. The fact that the ban was imposed by their own government, upon instructions from the Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development K.T.Rama Rao, has no effect on them. They are willing to splurge on penalties if it means they can get away with violations.
