The Opposition has been trying its best to wrest power in the Vasai Assembly constituency where sitting MLA and regional Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) supremo Hitendra Thakur has built a strong network of supporters in last three decades.

BJP candidate Sneha Dube Pandit has been hoping to dethrone the sitting MLA. She has been appealing to the electorate to ‘vote for change’ in Vasai, citing various issues including the water crisis, crumbling infrastructures such as hospitals, roads, no Metro, education, and tribal apathy.