Activists to take on politicians

Snehal Sonawane / TNN / Dec 22, 2006, 18:41 IST

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Certain localities in the city have the choice of sending a non-political member as their representative to the municipal corporation.

PUNE: Fed up of the tall promises made by your local politician? Now, certain localities in the city have the choice of sending a non-political member as their representative to the municipal corporation.
At least three mohalla committees in the city have decided to field independent candidates for the forthcoming civic elections to be held on February 1.
These mohalla committees are civic-conscious citizens' groups which are active in their respective areas.
While there are 23 active mohalla committees in the city, the Model Colony Parisar Samiti, Citizens Forum, Ganeshbaug, and the Citizens Forum, B.T. Kawade road, have chalked out a plan to nominate their member for the polls.

Speaking to TOI, Jaywantrao Mohite, president of Model Colony Parisar Samiti, said the committee initiated the move to keep out politics affecting development work in their locality.
"Although we have been working in harmony with our corporator, we detest party politics. Therefore, we thought it would be better to have one of our active members, who knows the real problems of the area and will not succumb to party pressure, contesting the elections," Mohite said.
During the 2002 municipal polls, the committee brought contestants of all political parties on a common platform to conduct an open interview to judge which one would work honestly for the betterment of the ward, he said.
"However, this time, our own member will contest the elections from ward number 34 (Model Colony). It will serve the cause as he has been actively involved in solving the problems in our area," Mohite said.

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