Had called up the number stated on Dr. Vaijayanti Patwardhan’s election leaflet.
Here’s the Q&A with Mr. Sanjiv Patwardhan as regards Congress candidate from Law College Ward, Dr. Vaijayanti Patwardhan’s stand on various local issues -
egovpmc.com has been updated and it now provides for voter search. It however links to another site called pmcelection.com for the search. PmcElection.com in turn links to a site zpsatara.gov.in if you try to get voter details.
So things are a bit messed up but at least it works. Congratulations to the PMC for e-enabling the voter list.
1st of Feb is poll day for the Pune civic elections. I have been going through manifestos, leaflets and other material provided by candidates in the Law College Ward Pune. However I am still very much a marginal voter.
Wards 56 & 67 mohalla committee has set up a platform for candidates contesting the pune corporation elections. Each candidate will be given 5 minutes to outline his/her development plans for his/her ward.
The mohalla committee has a google group at http://groups.google.com/group/5667mc
I wasn’t aware of the existence of such a mohalla committee, but this attempt at providing a common platform for candidates is surely a commendable undertaking.
I hope there’s a good turnout and no fist fights at the meet.
Finally found an official list of candidates for the PMC elections. It’s strange that candidates now have just about 10 days to convince the electorate.
I used to think that Amitabh Bachchan was a great role model for Indians. But his regular treks to temples across India are consistently eroding his stature in my eyes.
Ref- Bollywood’s Bachchan walks barefoot to pray
India is anyway full of religious fanatics and superstitious people who would believe and follow so called god men and waste their lives believing in some hocus pocus.
The biggest name in India acting in such fashion only makes things worse. I am sure thousands of Amitabh followers would soon imitate Amitabh and maybe even try to make the idols drink milk!
In today’s India it seems “Science” and “Scientific Temper” are topics meant only for speeches but never for actual implementation.
Pune Municipal Corporation elections last happened 5 years back, i.e in 2002. I have hardly any memory of that election, because I didn’t quite care back then.
Things have changed a lot in 5 years. I not only intend to vote but I also plan to first study the candidates contesting the election in 2007. I have repeatedly written about how Pune city is crumbling, primarily because of incompetent administration. So I guess now’s the chance for Pune citizens to have an impact on the future of Pune.
