Election fever is at its crescendo in the whole country including Assam.
With Lok Sabha polls almost knocking on the doors, politicos are working overtime to woo the electorates.
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However, the villagers of No 2 Tokopather under Inthem Gao Panchayat in Margherita constituency of Tinsukia district have decided not to vote in the April 11 polls.
One of the villagers fumed before visiting media persons, โAround 1,500 voters of the area will not exercise their franchise to protest against the almost โmissing link roadsโ which are in a dilapidated state. The pathetic road condition is causing untold woes to the students.โ
The villager further stated that though the Sarbananda Sonowal government had promised โchange, the winds of change never blew in our villageโ.
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Tokopather is one of the back of beyond villages in Pengaree under Margherita constituency where the roads are in total ruin.
Not only are the students suffering, especially during the monsoons, but life almost comes to a standstill in this village during the rainy season.
This correspondent could see that the arterial roads in Tokopather, Khatangpani, three villages of Gremlong area was submerged in knee-deep water and plying of vehicles was โout of questionโ.
A woman of the village remarked, โWe have not seen any MP or MLA visiting this village and development is an alien concept here.โ
The students also preferred to miss their classes and stopped by to tell media persons how โdistraughtโ they were with the condition of the roads.
The elderly people of the village were also unanimous in their decision to boycott the forthcoming polls till proper roads were constructed and development works were given a โleg-upโ.
Villagers also shared that the โtall claims and promisesโ of BJP MLA Bhaskar Sharma during the 2016 Assembly elections has all turned out to be a โshamโ.
A senior citizen of Tokopather area said that even BJP MP Rameswar Teli has โnever cared to visit this remote area till dateโ.
The tall claims made by Rameswar Teli has โfallen flatโ as the electorate under 13 Dibrugarh HPC is determined to โtotally boycottโ the ensuing general elections.