From removing wall posters to recycling campaign waste, Kerala poll candidates opt for green elections
While LDF candidate P Rajeev instructed party workers to clean up campaign waste, NDA candidate Kummanam Rajasekharan has decided to recycle shawls he received during the campaign.
Ahead of general elections, political parties in states across the country were seen campaigning vigorously. From encouraging people to go out and vote, to blocking roads for speeches, and using posters and banners as part of campaigns, election frenzy could be seen in every nook and cranny in cities and towns.
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However, what remains after the election is the campaign material that is left lying around.
But a few party workers in Kerala have taken up a noble initiative to clearing the campaign waste after the election was done in the state.
Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate P Rajeev, from Ernakulam, Kerala, instructed his party workers to take down the posters within two days after the voting was done.
He also started social media campaign #LetsCleanErnakulam to urge fellow voters to do the same.
Following this, people started pulling out posters from the wall and posted their pictures online along with the hashtag, reports The Logical Indian.
But Rajeev is not the only candidate to take up this initiative. Kummanam Rajasekharan, the NDA candidate from Thiruvananthapuram, and former Governor of Mizoram, has gone a step ahead by recycling campaign materials. Kummanam has decided to recycle the shawls he received during the election campaign. Kummanam wrote in a Facebook post stating,
I have received more than one lakh cloth materials as gifts. We will convert these into cloth bags, pillow covers, and other value-added materials. The segregation process has also been started.
He further wrote,
We aim to reduce the use of plastic bags and encourage people to use eco-friendly alternatives.
Kummanam was much appreciated for having taken up this unique initiative. He has also planned to make ‘grow bags’, which will be used to grow plants, reports The News Minute.
Further, it was also interesting to see the state carry out election campaigns in a green manner. The state officials had instructed political parties to use only eco-friendly campaign materials. Hence, parties used wall paintings, posters, and cloth banners as campaign materials in the state.
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