Slum-dwellers do not want to be taken for granted. Ihabitants of Delhi's shantytowns say they are fed up of being wooed with freebies like cash and liquor at poll time and want concrete action on basic amenities like water, sanitation and electricity.

For Vimla, who lives in a slum cluster in Kalkaji in south Delhi, freebies won't dictate her vote, when the seven Lok Sabha constituencies here go to the polls.

"The poor people's vote is taken for granted. Just give them money and buy their votes. Big speeches and unfulfilled promises of water and electricity - that is all we have got so far," she said.