It’s election time in the local Mumbai elections and among the people I have spoken to the general feeling is that politicians lie and cheat to get into power and then once in they ignore all the election promises that they made. Sounds familiar…
Actually outside the media and bills posted on walls the actual election has been very quite. Considering that Mumbai has a population of over 12 million you would have expected more action. My media coverage has been thin, mainly the overly positive (to almost everything) Times of India which is basically pushing people to go and vote – even if they leave a blank vote. Mainly it seems to be local celebrities talking about the importance of democratic participation.
There is not much political graffiti mainly handbills but there is an exception and that is the blue paint of which is seen in a few places
But the most intimidating seems to be some of the ads which attempt to bully the voters into choosing their party…
