Kalyan : Education, employment, playgrounds and even 'love jihad' were some of the issues in the mind of youngsters who came out to vote for the first time.
Small in number, and not much enthusiastic, these first time voters were however optimistic that their vote will make the neccessary change happen. "It is untrue that all candidates here are corrupt. There are ones who do good work and need to be elected", said a young voter Vishal Kedar.
Education and employment opportunities was the foremost agenda for youngsters. They wanted more colleges and better educational infrastructure. "I want government to ensure that every girl child, every poor in villages gets proper education", said 19-year-old Urvi Anam.
Some of the youths bemoaned lack of open spaces and patronage to sports other than cricket. Ajay Valodar, 19, said he will vote the incumbent as he had taken efforts to beautify local playground.
Although, most of them were worried about the local issues, many of them were voting for a good government at state. A number of them have faith in Modi, whereas quite a few identify themselves with charismatic Raj Thackrey.
Due to the perception that youngsters usually don't care much about societal issues and seldom vote, they didn't find much space in the campaign rhetoric. The young people, on their part, did little to quell that perception.
Small in number, and not much enthusiastic, these first time voters were however optimistic that their vote will make the neccessary change happen. "It is untrue that all candidates here are corrupt. There are ones who do good work and need to be elected", said a young voter Vishal Kedar.
Education and employment opportunities was the foremost agenda for youngsters. They wanted more colleges and better educational infrastructure. "I want government to ensure that every girl child, every poor in villages gets proper education", said 19-year-old Urvi Anam.
Some of the youths bemoaned lack of open spaces and patronage to sports other than cricket. Ajay Valodar, 19, said he will vote the incumbent as he had taken efforts to beautify local playground.
Although, most of them were worried about the local issues, many of them were voting for a good government at state. A number of them have faith in Modi, whereas quite a few identify themselves with charismatic Raj Thackrey.
Due to the perception that youngsters usually don't care much about societal issues and seldom vote, they didn't find much space in the campaign rhetoric. The young people, on their part, did little to quell that perception.
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