With the city yet again clocking a poor voting percentage, incumbent MLAs and candidates in their respective strongholds feel they have thwarted the BJP’s plans to upstage them. They opine that since less people turned up to vote, there was no ‘Modi wave’ this time, as had been witnessed in the Lok Sabha elections.

A polling centre in Shailendra Nagar, Dahisar had few people queuing up. Rival parties feel the BJP’s chances of winning have been dented with the low voter turnout. Pic/Nimesh Dave