Summary:
In the 2014 and 2017 parliamentary polls and during 2017 Assembly polls, these auto drivers voted en-masse for the BJP. These auto drivers listen to nobody, not even horns and sirens emanating from police vehicles and ambulances. The problem is that a majority of them have got registered as voters in the city. He, however, adds in the same breath, “Practically speaking, there are more than 5,000 autos plying illegally on the roads creating traffic hazards anywhere and everywhere. To complicate matters, they pay registration tax (RC) to the state government while they use roads of the MC..