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Demonetisation will not impact BMC Polls, says the General Population
- by Webdesk
- 20 Nov 2016
Over the last 10 days, people have continuously spent hours standing in queues at banks for depositing and exchanging the old Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes. However, many of them said that inconvenience caused by the Centre’s decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes last Tuesday may not impact their voting preferences in the upcoming civic polls in the city.
Anush Jain, who was waiting for his chance to exchange currency at the ICICI bank in Parel, said the BMC polls is a local issue and relates to basic civic facilities provided to the city. He said, “We are not disappointed by the demonetisation but over the manner in which the situation is being handled,” he said.
A branch manager with a nationalised bank said on condition of anonymity, “The Central government should have involved Central government agencies actively before starting to execute the whole activity of demonistisation efficiently. For example, the work of exchanging currencies could have been assigned to post offices and Indian Railways.”
Datta Pawar, a senior citizen from Lalbaug, said, “I think the decision is going affect the country’s macro economics calculation and could prove to be an helping hand for the economy of the country at large. I don’t think I will decide my voting preference based on this move. I have been residing in Parel for the past 77 years and I will vote according to my coporator’s performance in my ward.”
Wadala resident Tejas Shah said, “While I know the difference between Centre and local civic polls, I am anyway confused as to whom should I vote for. There are enough reasons to not vote for the saffron alliance but also there are enough reasons to not vote for the opposition. But deciding on basis of demonetising would be the last thing for me.”
Whether or not it actually plays an impact in voting for or against the Bhartiya Janata Party, only time will tell.
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