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A 62-year-old fisherman, a restaurant owner, a doctor and more – watch these people from Gujarat talk about what will define their vote this election.
For 62-year-old fisherman Jivanbhai Jungi, his association with the BJP ever since its Jana Sangh days does not deter him from saying that the party has not done any work in the contemporary context.
A resident of Porbandar, Jungi lists the many issues in his area which the government needs to work on – those of fishermen and the OBC community, shortage of doctors and unemployment.
Disappointed by the Congress and the BJP for their lack of initiative, he indicates that he would vote for an alternative.
For 30-year-old restaurant owner Gokul, the development work he has seen in Surat for the last many years would make him vote for BJP in the upcoming state Assembly elections.
Though he says that caste will not be a consideration for him, he still says that Patidars should not be demanding any reservation, as they are already “well-off”.
As regards to GST and note ban, Gokul asserts that both the measures have been beneficial to him.
A doctor from Vadodara, 24-year-old Usmaan Kazi says that the government has not taken any steps to do away with unemployment despite its promises.
His grouse is also against the low stipend in his profession.
Working as the chairperson of an education trust and running an NGO, 43-year-old Yamini Upadhyay wants to know whether the government schemes have helped improve the quality of education in the state.
Interestingly, she praises private education for providing good facilities while not charging a very high fees.
In what seemed to be a reference to measures such as demonetisation and GST, Upadhyay asserts that the government should not implement reforms in a hasty and abrupt manner.
Twenty-year-old Ayushi Panikar, a student hailing from Rajkot, expresses concern about having to pay more ever since the introduction of the GST regime.
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