After years of delay, the BMC elections have been declared. But, will it really make any difference to Mumbaikars' lives? Will our roads become better? Will our public transport improve? Will the quality of our lives become better?

The first BMC elections were held in 1968. And 57 years later, has our city improved? Or has it deteriorated? Sadly, in Mumbai, the only purpose of holding elections is to decide who can plunder and loot the city. The focus is on who can get into power. Who can rule and who can loot. With negligible focus on what can be done to make our city better.

That power corrupts is an age-old story. Theoretically, in a democratic system one party rules (and is therefore most susceptible to corruption) and the other parties keep a watch to........

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