04-04-2007, 10:29 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Poll time is boom time for unemployed </b>
Pioneer.com
Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi
The civic polls have brought with them a great bonanza for the local children and unemployed youth. In most of the wards, the aspiring councillors hire them for campaigning and pay anywhere between Rs 50 to Rs 200 per day depending on the age and the efficiency of the person. These youth are also provided with lunch and dinner, not to forget liquors for the senior volunteers.
<b>"I get Rs 50 a day for campaigning. Also, we are given lunch and dinner everyday," says Satish Singh, a 17 year-old-boy campaigning for the local BJP candidate in ward number 166. </b>
According to him, they have to campaign from 8 am to 8 pm. In between, they get lunch break. "We start campaigning in the morning. We go to each and every household in the locality following the candidate and his supporters. Our work is to shout slogans and carry the party flags," he said.
Not only this, Satish has his aspirations too. He wants to join the Congress candidate because he pays Rs 150 to Rs 200 a day, excluding lunch and dinner. "Both the candidates are rich and powerful. But we are here for money. The Congress candidate pays better. So, I want to join his team. Moreover, he <span style='color:purple'>is young and has also been the president of the Delhi University, he can even help us to get admission in the university,"</span> he said.
<b>The senior volunteers are, however, not happy with money only. For them liquor is the first and foremost requirement. Most of the candidates make special arrangement of liquors to lure them. "This is a normal activity. In any such gathering, drinking and partying is very common. Even the voters are wooed by offering liquors to them,"</b> said one of the local residents.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has reportedly confiscated more than 4,600 bottles of liquor and three vehicles used for the workers' transportation in the last two days.
"We have recovered 600 bottles of liquor and three vehicles used for their transportation. This liquor was taken to Delhi from Haryana for the purpose of distribution in slum areas to woo the voters in MCD elections," said Anil Shukla, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South district. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Frequent election are good for country and economy
-Black money leaves jute sacts
-painters, printers gets job
-free food
-free pen, bags, batches, pins for kids
-loudspeekers rental houses gets good money.
Pioneer.com
Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi
The civic polls have brought with them a great bonanza for the local children and unemployed youth. In most of the wards, the aspiring councillors hire them for campaigning and pay anywhere between Rs 50 to Rs 200 per day depending on the age and the efficiency of the person. These youth are also provided with lunch and dinner, not to forget liquors for the senior volunteers.
<b>"I get Rs 50 a day for campaigning. Also, we are given lunch and dinner everyday," says Satish Singh, a 17 year-old-boy campaigning for the local BJP candidate in ward number 166. </b>
According to him, they have to campaign from 8 am to 8 pm. In between, they get lunch break. "We start campaigning in the morning. We go to each and every household in the locality following the candidate and his supporters. Our work is to shout slogans and carry the party flags," he said.
Not only this, Satish has his aspirations too. He wants to join the Congress candidate because he pays Rs 150 to Rs 200 a day, excluding lunch and dinner. "Both the candidates are rich and powerful. But we are here for money. The Congress candidate pays better. So, I want to join his team. Moreover, he <span style='color:purple'>is young and has also been the president of the Delhi University, he can even help us to get admission in the university,"</span> he said.
<b>The senior volunteers are, however, not happy with money only. For them liquor is the first and foremost requirement. Most of the candidates make special arrangement of liquors to lure them. "This is a normal activity. In any such gathering, drinking and partying is very common. Even the voters are wooed by offering liquors to them,"</b> said one of the local residents.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has reportedly confiscated more than 4,600 bottles of liquor and three vehicles used for the workers' transportation in the last two days.
"We have recovered 600 bottles of liquor and three vehicles used for their transportation. This liquor was taken to Delhi from Haryana for the purpose of distribution in slum areas to woo the voters in MCD elections," said Anil Shukla, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South district. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Frequent election are good for country and economy
-Black money leaves jute sacts
-painters, printers gets job
-free food
-free pen, bags, batches, pins for kids
-loudspeekers rental houses gets good money.