Summary:
What is the point in having such contestants,” she askedThe citizens also want to encourage people to come out and vote in order to ensure a ‘strong’ governance. Pune: Citizens from various parts of the city have drawn up a list of issues that either needs to be addressed by the Member of Parliament (MP) or that have not been addressed in the last five years.Their demands would be put together and released as a citizens’ manifesto ahead of the parties releasing their own manifesto. Citizens feel that it is time the politicians knew that they were well aware of the issues and want them to be addressed.Members of Wagholi Housing Association want the issue of garbage burning and dumping to be included in the manifesto. “There are educated people who are not clear about these elections and with parties forming alliances many of them have little idea about the candidates. The association managed to get a garbage processing plant approved by the gram panchayat after fighting for it for almost a year, but the plant is not in operation..