Poll officer wants Gehlot cartoons out,BJP petitions EC

Some of the cartoons include the slogans “Sarkar badle hain ya badle ka sarkar hain (Has the government changed or is it a vengeful government)”,another depicts a Gehlot caricature cutting a ribbon along with the slogan that Gehlot was taking credit for work done during the BJP regime,while a third one includes a series of panels depicting the CM transforming into a parrot,apparently referring to his oft-repeated corruption charges against the BJP.

BJP spokesperson Kailash Nath Bhatt,who met ECI officials on Thursday,said there were 67 such hoardings in Jaipur and around 340 across the state with eight themes. “These hoardings are funny and do not violate the election code of conduct,” Bhatt said.

It was on April 7 that Zutshi issued notices to Lok Sansthan,an NGO,for erecting hoardings that depicted cartoons with a striking resemblance to Gehlot maintaining it was character assassination. The following day,the BJP acquired the rights to the cartoons from the NGO and erected more,while claiming the CEO’s actions were unfair. Taking it further,Zutshi issued a circular that no hoardings should be erected without prior approval from the state election department.