Assembly Elections Maharashtra Results 2009 Ghatkopar East

Well as expected the result went in favor of Prakash Mehta of the BJP , he also created a record of sorts by winning 4 consecutive times.

This does show that the people of Ghatkopar don't expect much change and so stuck to the old method of playing it safe.

Virendra Bakshi of the Congress gave good competition, if either Raja Mirani or Virendra Bakshi would have been in the fray the votes split would not have happened and the Congress might would have won this time

The surprising thing is the votes garnered by the MNS and also  by Raja Mirani , shows people do want to have change & the contest is wide open ,but for now Prakash Mehta rules and people of Ghatkopar hope that he does more for this area and make Ghatkopar East a model constituency that the other should follow.

Assebly Elections Maharashtra - Ghatkopar East

Thunder strikes and lighting frights is all that is there for last 3 days. The south India rains have moved upwards to Mumbai and looks like it gonna rain and fill the lakes.

The surprise factor like in the rains is also visible when i saw the pamphlet of Raja Mirani as Independent candidate with the symbol of a broken coconut in a store. He was being potrayed as the candidate from Congress Ghatkopar East area for the Assembly elections 2009 of Maharashtra, but turns out that he did not get the favor of the Congress heads in Mumbai.

Instead the candidate is Virendra Bakshi, who was in 1994 the MLA here, nothing concrete happened when he was elected then and will happen if he wins He just shifted base after he lost the next term and was nowhere to be seen and now like the unpredictable rains he has come back .

Raja Mirani has an office near Ratna Stores and is a known face within the business community as well as the local Gujrathis and certain people who know him personally but he has not been a crusader or a social activist or like that which he portrays in his pre-elections posters.

But considering that he spends most of his time in Ghatkopar east and has friends and families here he has a better knowledge of the problems, the situations and the pulse of the people , more than Virendra Bakshi.

The present MLA Praksh Mehta is no less a force as he has won for the last 3 terms and now is a favorite to win due to the bungling of the congress.

Nevertheless whoever wins, the Ghatkoparites have to a have social activist or someone more professional to deal with the problems being faced.

1. The roads are a mess
2. The sewage problem in Garodia Nagar / Nath pai Nagar
3. The Deonar dump problems
4. Illegal hawkesrs and constructions in the main roads as well as other areas

The above are some of the problems , we need to have a change from the present MLA and fresh mindset to make better the lifes of the common people.