Ahmedabad, Nov 20: City police commissioner K R Kaushik today instructed all political parties to seek prior permission for putting up posters and banners for the December 12 Gujarat Assembly elections. Political parties would have to take the necessary permission from government organisations or private persons before using their premises or walls for putting up posters, hoardings or banners, an official release said quoting Kaushik.

If any loss or damage to private or public property was found to be caused due to campaigning material, the respective party would have to incur the cost of damage, it said. Bureau Report