The following are being considered by the voters as the %u201Cissue%u201D that affected them / community or the State. They are listed in the order of priority : Issues %
Lack of good roads, infrastructure and transport facilities 16 Non-availability of good drinking irrigation water / drainage / sanitation facilities 11 Current power cut in villages 12 Price of essential commodities 18 Government programmes are not reaching proper persons 08 Corruption at all levels 07 No house, no land, no work, poverty, no BPL card 08 No idea 20
A handful of people also say that no Government will be able to do anything on this. The people only want clear air, water, good environment, health and facilities. According to them, if all these were provided, the others will fall in place automatically !
Conclusion %u2013 Opinion polls are always just a guessing game. People change their opinion on trivial things and hence no one can precisely predict or forecast election results. This is a crucial election. All the parties have promised some kind of %u201Cfree goods & services%u201D. Will all their promises cut ice with the voters ? A social worker tells, %u201CYes, to an extent of 3 %u2013 5% will fall prey to these promises.%u201D Since each party is promising one free scheme or other, in the nett result, this will get neutralized and so will not benefit any party. That would mean that the party which has the organizational skill will win the election and not those with the policies and principles
