Nagpur. The agitation for municipal elections in the city was very intense until the state government passed a bill to create a new division. The government wants that it should get time to prepare the empirical data to ensure OBC reservation, possibly that is why the election of the Municipal Corporation has been put on hold. Ever since there has been every possibility of postponement of the election, since then there has been a slowdown in the corporators active in the election preparations and those who want to contest the elections.
Otherwise, even before that, they were seen asking the citizens of their respective divisions to have a good morning in the gardens. Not only this, people were getting their good morning messages first thing in the morning on social media, but now many people have stopped good morning. The condition was that the corporators who had not remembered their citizens for four and a half years had also become active.
Hoardings-posters of those who want to contest elections were also seen at the intersections, who want to attract the attention of their leaders to tell that they are also willing to contest. Municipal elections were likely to be held in March itself. The election was announced through the 3-member division system, but due to the decision of the state government not to allow elections to be held without OBC reservation, it cannot be said when its Muhurta will come out. The State Election Commission has also become confused on the OBC reservation issue.
despair of the desirous
Efforts were intensified by the aspirants to contest the elections to juggle tickets for themselves. Some were touring up to Mumbai and some even started claiming that their tickets were almost confirmed, but they too were disappointed with the postponement of the elections. The corporators are also worried that after the end of the term, how many days the people of the division will remember them. Now they have to continue their public relations continuously, otherwise the public forgets not only the name but even the face.
This time BJP and Congress have announced to give tickets to youth and working workers. In BJP, only after seeing the report card of the corporators, it was being said that tickets would be given again. Most of the BJP corporators are likely to get tickets, so till the term was not over, they were trying to speedily complete the remaining works of their division. But now the administrator has been appointed and now they cannot even put pressure on the officials.
wasted money
Many corporators had prepared a report card of the work done in the division during their tenure and got its pamphlet printed. The accounts of the works done on cement roads, pipelines, sewer lines, LED lights, green gyms, gardens, playgrounds etc. were published with the funds spent and distributed door-to-door so that citizens could vote after being influenced by them. . Now, due to the postponement of the election, this expenditure has also become wasteful because of the habit of forgetting the public.
Some new faces willing to contest the elections themselves, during the Corona epidemic, the details of the works like helping citizens, food distribution etc. were printed and distributed in the settlements. Along with this, he had also given his introduction in the pamphlet so that people could recognize him. If they get tickets, they should not remain unknown faces to the public. All their efforts have gone in vain due to postponement of elections. They are also saying that if they had known earlier, they would not have spent so much from now on.