Thanking the electorate does not mean posing for photos with people
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The results of the 2026 BMC elections will be in today. Winners celebrate with responsibility and respect. We want to see that celebrations are not about hurting people with your revelry but thanking the electorate.
Thanking the electorate does not mean posing for photos with people. It is simple: the thanks should come in the form of work. Start working for the people from Day 1. So many citizen manifestos had called for on-ground change — roads, water, greenery, garbage, the environment the challenges had a similar refrain. For the winners, it is time to Dial D for Deliver. Address the problems you promised you would in your pre-poll campaigning and start responding to the people.
The first of these is accessibility. The moot point is being available to your voters. Post-elections, you see representatives disappearing altogether and the people desperately trying to reach them, demanding answers and action. Entire campaigns are built on promises of availability. Civic leaders and decision makers, you now have a responsibility to repose confidence in those fearing the emergence of familiar patterns that emerge during poll times, and become invisible post results. On-ground problems need presence, visibility and solutions. Be there to oversee any kind of action, make decisions and ensure follow-through.
Continue the big development dream, but the goal should be an even greater stress on striking a balance between environment and development. We want a steady downturn in the perennial and familiar battle between these two sides, especially in the city where so many projects are to be completed. People want a result-oriented civic body. The time for slander and verbal bashing was part of the run-up and is over. Back to desks, files and moving on, giving back to the people who have brought you to power.
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