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It seems Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s poll promise that school children would get free passes for BEST buses has not gone down well with other political parties. At a time when a R591 crore deficit stares in the face of the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking, committee members representing other political parties believe that Thackeray has gone way ahead in making such a promise. For them it’s nothing but a political gimmick, because even the civic body does not have funds to drag the undertaking out of its present financial crisis.