This evening, between 5 and 6 PM, there was an uproar in the Chandivali Assembly constituency, in front of Durga Devi Marathi Primary school which is a polling station. The uproar was the result of people finding an unsupervised EVM lying in a car. According to sources, the police haveContinue Reading
There is an uneasy equation between hawkers and the police in Vile Parle East, as this picture shows The constituency of Vile Parle, although divided into two parts, West and East, received a good response from its voters at all polling booths in both parts of the constituency. However, thereContinue Reading
At St. Andrews High School, A. Dibello (42), an IT professional, was very bitter about the way people are made to run around to get their election cards. Although he was able to vote, Dibello claimed that he had actually lost his j9b because he had to keep following upContinue Reading
There are many who feel that slum dwellers just do not matter, except when it comes to election time. There are some who feel that having the power to vote, puts them in a position of strength at least for a day. But the women who lives in shacks onContinue Reading
Of the three polling booths in Kurla West, the Anjuman Islam Urdu medium school was the one to go the extra mile on polling day to ensure that all its voters exercised their rights. The centre had special facilities like wheelchairs for senior citizens and specially-abled voters. “Every voter isContinue Reading
This morning in Vandre East, Trupti Sawant set out bravely on her last rally before voting day. Her husband had won the election from the same constituency in 2014 but he died the following year. Trupti came in as MLA through the ensuing by-election. This year she wasn’t given aContinue Reading
It was raining steadily this morning in Chandivali, as it had been all night. You could make out that people were reluctant to step out from their homes into the steady downpour. And for a change, while other parties were reluctant to be outside, Congress supporters had no qualms aboutContinue Reading
After waiting for almost three hours, the sitting MLA from Chandivali, Md. Arif (Naseem) Khan of the Congress Party, spoke briefly to Spice Enquirer. Khan spoke about his work in the past 20 years (in Kurla and now in Chandivali) and what else does he expect to do if heContinue Reading
Around 5:15 pm, the Congress, NCP and RPI Party members, allies in these elections, gathered with gusto in front of Hi-life mall near Santacruz station. The plan was to march in a rally towards Sukhanand, ending at Agripara in Khar. The Bandra West Constituency candidate Asif Zakaria was present inContinue Reading
The Chandivali seat of Mumbai North Central constituency has 28 candidates up against each other. Out of these 28, 4 belong to major parties. These 4 candidates are Md Arif (Naseem) Khan, the sitting MLA from Congress, Dilip Lande, a Shiv Sena Corporator, Sumeet Baraskar, from MNS and Siraj KhanContinue Reading