With elections barely two days away in Gadchiroli, villagers in the naxal-hit district speak of below average 'vikas' in most of their remote villages. Locals' plea for proper roads has fallen on deaf ears time and again.

With the district voting in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 11, the naxals' call for boycotting elections might make it an even tougher fight for the sitting MP Ashok Nete (BJP) and Congress candidate Dr. Namdeo Usendi to secure a decent number of votes here. Villagers claim that none of the five candidates contesting the upcoming elections have campaigned in the remote pockets of the district.