Ludhiana, May 29 -- Ahead of the Ludhiana west bypoll, district election officer-cum- deputy commissioner, Himanshu Jain, directed on Wednesday that all political hoardings, flexes must carry the names of the publisher and printer.

Citing the latest guidelines regarding the installation of election-related hoardings on sites controlled/regulated by local self-government/municipal authorities, Jain said that ECI had mandated clear identification of printers and publishers on all printed election-related material including hoardings. He said that as per section 127 A of the R P Act 1951, printing or publishing of election pamphlets/posters without bearing the name and address of the printer and publisher on the face of these materials is m...