My first vote: What drives Mumbai's young voters?

The city's youth is concerned with employment rates, rising prices, crimes against women; this is how they made their first governmental choice

May 02, 2019, 15:21 IST2 min

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Nageshwar Yadav (18), a BSc (IT) student at Dandekar College, Palghar, is a first-time voter concerned about the employment rate.

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Zaakal Shah (20), a financial marketing student at KC College, is a BJP supporter. In her opinion, a government should stay for 10 years in order for development to happen. She wants the fl...

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Nihaal Rohra (18), a Jai Hind College student, expects the upcoming government to think about the development of the nation, not themselves. “They should focus on women empowerment and incr...

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Nand Lal Yadav (19), a BSc (IT) student at Dandekar College, Palghar, expects the incoming government to improve transport infrastructure, work on providing jobs to youngsters and keep Indi...

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Uday Darwadkar (19), a physics student at Mithibai College, is satisfied with the current government because “no big scams have come to light yet and no major politician has been jailed”. H...

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Hitika Gadia (19), a student at Jai Hind College, does not know what to expect from the upcoming government yet. However, she voted for the excitement of first-time voting. ...

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Nilesh Bhalachandra Rokde (21), is a Bachelor of Management Studies student at Shree Narayan Guru College of Commerce his mother works as a housemaid, and is a single parent. Thus, he is co...

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Shruti Mehta (19), a BA student at Jai Hind College, initially planned to vote NOTA, but a day before the elections, she watched the film Uri, which turned her stand. She supports the BJP n...

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