Campaigners forcefully pasting posters on buses and trishaws - CaFFE

Campaigners forcefully pasting posters on buses and trishaws - CaFFE

August 12, 2013   04:07 pm

The Campaign for Free and Fair Election or CaFFE has reported that candidates for the North Western Provincial Council election have continuously broken election laws and engaged in illegal propaganda practices.

 

CaFFE has sent a detailed letter inclusive of picture evidence of these malpractices to the Elections Commissioner, North Western Provincial Senior DIG of Police, the Private Transport Services Ministry Secretary and the Bus Owners Association.

 

It claims that posters of candidates have been pasted on buses used for public transportation as well as three-wheelers while reporting that the bus conductors and the three-wheel drivers claim the posters were forcefully pasted on the vehicles.

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