“Pul nahin, toh vote nahin (No bridge, no vote).” Read banners put up at Dumri village in Katra region of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district that has a population of nearly 5,000. In fact, the chachri pul gets washed away almost every year in floods and has been rebuilt a number of times in the past two decades. Mohammed Taushiq Raza, 36, of Dumri village, said they have decided to boycott the Lok Sabha elections. There are around 18-20 chachri puls in Katra for connecting villages like Dumri, Sunderkhauli, Sanhauli, Basghatta, Basua and Aurai. About the decision to boycott voting by Dumri village, MP Ajay Nishad told indianexpress.com: “Yes they had called me recently.

Source: Indian Express April 30, 2019 09:00 UTC