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Rapid urbanisation in the post-liberalisation era has altered the dynamics of middle-class urban voter demands

Ahead of elections, fierce debates have broken out in resident welfare associations (RWAs) in the country’s most famous high-tech Millennium City that somehow manages to thrive on the most low-tech quality of civic infrastructure. The argument is to vote or not to vote given the deteriorating state of Gurugram; to do your duty as a citizen or to expect elected officials to do theirs. Undoubtedly, the city, which started from pretty minimal standards of civic amenities in the first place, has hit a new low: Garbage going nowhere, roads that make village lanes look like Formula 1 tracks, noxious overflowing