Newsflicks's video: Why municipal elections matter

Local polls hardly make big news. Unless, of course, they are for Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) or Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The former because it is about the Capital and latter because it is the richest. While municipal elections, like all elections, are about politics, they are also about your daily lives – clean roads, potholes, garbage, encroachments, parking lots, parks and more. In fact they are about livelihoods too – they give trade licences and approve building plans. Where did you get your child’s birth certificate from? The sad part is that even we as voters don’t show enough enthusiasm for local elections. Here’s why we must