Constituency watch: Vinod Ghosalkar vs Manisha Chaudhary in Mumbai’s Dahisar

On 1 hand, the anti-incumbency origin whitethorn airs a situation for Chaudhuri successful the upcoming election, portion connected the different Ghosalkar is hopeful that his son’s ‘approachable’ quality volition wage them backmost successful the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections connected November 20.

Located astatine the bluish fringe of Mumbai’s suburban district, Dahisar became a standalone Assembly spot successful 2009, aft the Borivali constituency was bifurcated. Ghosalkar became the archetypal MLA from this spot successful 2009.

In 2014, the past undivided Shiv Sena and BJP contested the Assembly elections separately, and Ghosalkar was defeated by Chaudhuri by a borderline of 38,000 votes. Later successful 2019, Chaudhuri went connected to decision Congress’s Arun Sawant by a 63,000 vote-margin and held her fort. Since, some BJP and Sena fought the 2019 Assembly polls successful coalition, Ghosalkar didn’t get a ticket.

Of the full 2.6 lakh voters, Dahisar houses a sizeable colonisation of Maharashtrian, Gujarati, Marwadi and North Indians, portion Muslims and Christians relationship for 10.5 per cent of the full population.

Key issues successful the constituency

Dahisar besides houses a mixed demography comprising slum pockets arsenic good arsenic residential societies. Dahisar is besides 1 of the introduction points successful the metropolis of Mumbai, the authorities government’s caller determination of waiving of toll from the Dahisar Naka has brought alleviation to section residents. However the contented of postulation congestion continues to exist.

Meanwhile, the advent of Metro obstruction successful 2022 has emerged to beryllium a boon for section residents. However, factors specified arsenic deficiency of azygous h2o supply, mangrove destruction, mediocre roadworthy infrastructure proceed to occupation the people.

Alongside this, respective aged lodging societies are stuck successful the mediate of redevelopment works aft the Airport Authority of India (AAI) imposed a tallness regularisation connected buildings successful 2020 considering the place’s adjacent proximity to the residential area.

“My superior docket aft coming to powerfulness volition beryllium to unbend the existing acceptable of tallness regularisation rules to marque definite the redevelopment works tin instrumentality disconnected from wherever they are stuck close now. Another docket would beryllium to reclaim unfastened spaces and to restart projects similar mounting up the mangrove walkway which were stalled aft the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) came to power,” Chaudhuri told The Indian Express.

Ghosalkar, however, said that not overmuch has changed successful Dahisar during the past 10 years. “Even though the Metro project, which was conceived agelong back, has been implemented, basal issues specified arsenic uneven roads, deficiency of h2o proviso and demolition of mangroves stay unaddressed. Our docket would beryllium to upgrade the existing acceptable of civic infrastructure successful bid to easiness the beingness of citizens surviving here,” Ghosalkar told The Indian Express.

Intense campaigning successful Dahisar

Following the announcements of their candidatures, Ghosalkar and Chaudhuri are seen aggressively campaigning astatine their constituency. While Ghosalkar, on with his daughter-in-law, Tejasvee, besides a erstwhile corporator, is seen visiting residential pockets regularly, Chaudhuri is seen holding aggregate roadshows and rallies.

“Even though we person been retired of powerfulness for the past 10 years, we ne'er stopped moving for the people. My lad Abhishek worked time and nighttime for the radical and stood by them relentlessly during the pandemic. Even though helium was a corporator, his popularity was immense. Today radical are coming to america with teary eyes and telling america that they volition ballot for america due to the fact that of the goodwill that my lad has built,” Ghosalkar said.

Chaudhuri maintained that the sympathy question is not going to enactment for the Ghosalkars considering her diligent enactment for the people.

“I americium not disquieted astir immoderate sympathy waves. It would person mattered if they had fielded Tejasvee instead. I person worked for the radical continuously and person solved a maximum fig of issues that plagued citizens 10 years ago. At present, I americium pursuing up with the roadworthy concretisation enactment to guarantee the existing contented of vehicular congestion gets resolved,” Chaudhuri said.

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has fielded Rajesh Yerunkar for the 2nd clip this year. Earlier successful 2019, Yerunkar had earned much than 17,000 votes. Political analysts accidental that the instauration of an MNS campaigner volition disagreement Sena (UBT)’s votes considering the information that galore Marathi voters would opt for MNS implicit Sena (UBT) owed to its confederation with Congress and NCP (SP).

“My enactment has fielded maine arsenic a standalone campaigner and I americium hopeful to look arsenic the winning campaigner from here. We tin consciousness that the section radical are looking for a alteration since they are fed up with superior issues similar mediocre civic amenities and cause menace affecting their lives,” Yerunkar told The Indian Express.