Mulund East : Has BJP coming to power made any difference ?

The recent Mumbai floods has brought the regional party Shiv Sena under a lot of criticism that at the State of mismanagement at the BMC which the Shiv Sena has ruled for 25 years and a staunch Sena support will also at best like to avoid. This was shown in the BMC elections also as the Shiva Sena which fought without BJP just managed an equal vote share with the party at the center  putting them at equals in the overall city at 84 and 82 respectively. But a granular survey of the elections to our concerned area show a different picture. Mulund was different . A predominantly Sena  stronghold if I might as at least for the BMC elections had a different verdict to offer to the power. Mulundkars as if almost frustrated by the non performance of their Sena and NCP corporates wanted a change , the change the nation brought about in 2014. It wanted decisive people who can solve their problems. They wanted actions on ground at their ever own beloved Mulund and thus filled with all this expectations voted BJP in power in all the Six Nagar Sevak seats , as if to give the message to the power about the level of frustration. But has the working style and on ground realty changed for the better?

As I was jogging on the streets of mulund today a casual glance at the Mulund roads tell me just the opposite picture. Their state is worst in some areas than some gramin roads. The road construction that had started just before elections has just been left at half after the  transfer of power as if current nagar sevaks believe that the roads will complete automatically just before the next elections. After being so active just few months ago circulating election manifestos  the BJP  Nagar Sevaks  have just vanished from the grounds during monsoon so as to suggest that  they are fearful of being affected by the diseases like swine flu and dengue which they have failed to control as the state and BMC both where they are in equal power has not taken adequate measures. We have been promised of alternative roads connecting the highway and train starting from Mulund. We have been promised a swimming pool and a state of art playing facilities for all ,but only thing I see is political class being busy only winning Gymkhana elections and introducing alcohol serving club right at the entrance of the gymkhana that people have stopped sending the kids to play to the Gymkhana because of the pathetic display of liquor and air filled with smoke. The Deshmukh garden is renovated and is welcome but that was in the earlier MNS corporate regime , and even as that is done the trees on the roads outside Deshmukh garden and ninety feet road have miraculously fallen in the last year where the authorities claim it as natural death but for trees that have survived for centuries that argument sounds a little away from facts. And I hear a senior BJP leader of MULUND east take up trees plantation drives on the highways which is doubtful when he cannot even save the full grown trees in Mulund east. The sectors like health care , educational institutes best not talked about.

The people I guess are just so overwhelmed by Prime Minister Modi in power, that they re-elected the same person who has just shifted from Shiv Sena to BJP the same Shiv Sena that  they did not want in power for its inactions. The tall claims by the Six BJP nagar sevaks have yut not started on the ground is sure for all of us to see. We want change in the system, but can Nagar Sevak  bother to answer for their inactions when we really don’t care to question them and wait for another floods to happen before we criticize on FB and tweeter the BMC.

The BJP has been voted into power at the national , state , and the most granular level because the people were fed up with earlier establishments and hence they carry huge expectations upon them.  The face of Mulund which was once so peaceful is changing with a lot of construction work happening around us. Will the new BJP government and the six ‘NAGAR SEVAKS’ not the rulers, be able to serve  that increasing population  with adequate infrastructure maintaining the natural beauty of the place I proudly call my home or will it be a political disappointment?? Can the nagar sevaks save the state of this city my friend called a ‘DYING CITY’ a few days ago??? The people also have the responsibility and the responsibility is to ask questions of the authorities meant to serve us ?? Has the BJP made the difference till now  is the question I place before you or should we ask more questions of them??

By Kaustubh Kalamkar.