Mumbai Congress organizes special event tomorrow to woo North Indian voters

With the BJP organizing functions to woo almost all communities in Mumbai, the Congress does not want to be left far behind. With BMC Polls scheduled to take place in February 2017, the Mumbai Congress will organise a function tomorrow to set the agenda pertaining to North Indians. The Congress function seems to counter the BJP’s attempt to woo the North Indian communities that have a significant presence in Mumbai. Senior Congress leaders such as Raj Babbar, Sanjay Nirupam, Ajay Rai, Pramod Tiwari with others will address the function on January 3 in Ghatkopar (West). The theme for the event is ‘Come, let’s decide the North Indian agenda for BMC polls’.

 

“The function aims to set the agenda for the civic polls in which various issues of the North Indians will be considered. We will also expose the BJP’s attempt to woo the North Indians ahead of polls and how they have robbed the community of their rightful livelihoods,” said Sanjay Nirupam, president of the Mumbai Congress.

 

He said though a law had been passed by the Union government to provide protection to hawkers, it had not yet been implemented in the city by the BMC ruled by the Shiv Sena and the BJP.

 

Nirupam also added that the issue of parking of taxis and the state government’s decision of making Marathi mandatory for taxi permits would be taken up.