06/12/2022
Zaheerabad me bhi Election k din Aise hi Bycott karo , Phir dekho kaise kaam hote hain aap ke ...
Gujarat villages boycott polls over lack of development.
The voters in four villages of Gujarat’s Mehsana district said they were boycotting the elections as no development had taken place in their areas.
The Becharaji Taluka Bariyaf village and Kheralu Taluka’s three villages on Monday claimed that their issues have remained unresolved for decades and hence they were not participating in the voting exercise.
Till 1 p.m. not a single vote was cast in these four villages.
Bariyaf Village sarpanch Raju Patel told the local media, “For decades around half-a-dozen issues were pending, even after several reminders and personal requests nothing has been done. For example, in three decades, the Water Resources Department has certified that underground water was not drinkable, old borewells were sealed but new borewells were not developed
