During their various occasions and to coincide with visits of national leaders, respective political parties put up their party flags and huge cut-outs all over.
In fact public places are brazenly defaced with party flags, posters and banners without even securing the necessary permission.
The onus is on the local authorities to act firmly against the political parties breaching the rules and law.
Political parties also fail to promptly remove the flags and dispose them aptly after their functions. As a result, we find the party flags and other material inordinately strewn along roads and pavements and sometimes even ending up in bins.
Every political party needs to treat its flag with utmost esteem and sanctity which is unfortunately not seen today. It is incumbent on every political party to ensure that its members and supporters show respect at least to its party flag which should never ever be treated like trash.
