ELECTIONS HIT THE ROAD
STUDIO-ON-WHEELS IN TOP GEAR ON 40-DAY JOURNEY TO CONNECT WITH REAL INDIA
Pit Stops
DELHI APRIL5 The setting The bus made its first stop at Rajpath, with Raisina Hill on one side and Parliament on the other. What matters
Aam Aadmi Party has forced netas to ask for votes on issues such as development and anti-corruption.
Has UPA failed the people in the last 10 years?
Is social media popularity inflated by fake followers?
From where you sit, you just have to look up at the tangled electric wires and look around at potholed roads to see the reality.” A resident who voted for Kapil Sibal in 2009
GHAZIABAD APRIL6 The setting An old village mela recreated with performance artists to celebrate the festival of democracy. The set had a sugarcane juice vendor and a performing monkey. What matters
Why do we have parachute candidates with no roots in Ghaziabad and elsewhere in India?
Why are communal divisions created by political parties?
Why does no one care for civic amenities?
The administration and law and order was much better in Mayawati’s time. Samajwadi Party has brought back goonda raj.” a local resident
MUZAFFARNAGAR
APRIL7 The setting A village chaupal, with a cow munching on grass in one corner, and a charpoy
in the middle of the set. What matters How Hindus and Muslims are divided as vote banks in the aftermath of the riots.
How sale of illegal arms in election season has risen.
Chhodo kal ki baatein, kal ki baat puraani. Naye daur mein likhenge hum milkar nayi kahaani.” An elderly woman promoting
an end to enmity after the communal riots
RAMPUR APRIL8 The setting Along with a typical village feel, the set had a Rampuri knife vendor as an added local flavour along with acrobats and a langur. The audience had mostly supporters of political parties. What matters
Communal tensions and