PONDA: Voters in Ponda are prepared to take part in voting scheduled on June 11 to elect their favourite candidate. It will feature multi cornered contests with 682 candidates are in the fray. There are 167 Wards in 19 panchayats in Ponda Taluka. Counting is scheduled on June 13 June at the sports complex hall in Curti Ponda.
Four Candidates are already elected from Wadi Talavlim, Kavlem Panchayat, Verem Vagurme and Curti Khandepar Panchayats. Surprisingly from ward number 3 of Usgao Ganjem Panchayat a maximum of 11 candidates are contesting the election.
Curti Panchayat has a maximum of 14789 voters, while Volvoi Panchayat has 1467 voters. From Ward number 4 of Kundaim panchayat a maximum of 8 female candidates are contesting the election. As the migrant population increased in two Panchayats at Bethora and Borim it forced the administration to increase the wards from nine to eleven in both panchayats.
I am Candidate of Ministers Choice, campaign disliked by Voters.
Even though elections are not contested on party lines in Ponda Taluka in some wards there is lot of pressure built by some Ministers and Candidates supported by him on voters, especially those who owe their jobs to the minister. People are blaming politicians for taking an interest in panchayat election and this leads to them missing good and smart candidates. The minister supports a low profile candidate who wins votes but affects the prospect of a good candidate. This is the reason why many people keeps away and don’t take part in election that affect village development in the long run.
