Balwant Garg
The tall promises to a litany of problems that political parties were offering at the time of the municipal elections last year have come back to haunt them in the run-up to the 2022 Assembly elections.
Potable water has remained one of the basic demands of most of the residents for years. “Elections come and go. Riding the exalted promises, the same group of leaders are elected on rotation, but there is no change in the situation on the ground,” says Kulwinder Singh, a resident.
A combination of bad roads inundated by overflowing sewage makes the street unusable, particularly for pedestrians and two-wheelers, rue residents.
“Politicians are in the habit of failing to deliver on any of their campaign promises once we put them in office. We believe these candidates will say anything to garner voters,” he said. Voters in this reserved constituency voted for a new face, Master Baldev Singh of AAP, in 2017, hoping he would bring about change. “Like other MLAs, Baldev Singh also kept shifting his loyalties during the past five years, even submitting his resignation to the Vidhan Sabha Speaker, thus leaving the voters disenchanted again,” rues Hartosh Singh, a resident.
Past trend
After delimitation, Jaito came into existence as a new reserved constituency in 2012. Voters elected Joginder Singh, a labour union leader and a Congress candidate in 2012 elections. In the 2017 elections, Master Baldev Singh of the AAP won the elections on this seat.
Electorate strength
Total voters 1,43,296
Male 76,717
Female 66,579
Third gender –
Beset by water, sewage woes
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