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Delhi polls: Minister Haroon Yusuf facing tough contest in Ballimaran

New Delhi:  Ballimaran, a predominantly Muslim settlement has been a Congress bastion since 1993 with Power Minister Haroon Yusuf winning four back-to-back elections but it may throw up a surprise this time due to “unkept”

Though roads have been well maintained and kept clean for the settlement which is centuries old, the real problem is that nothing has changed when it comes to infrastructure.  

A section of locals accused Yusuf of being “inaccessible” and claimed that voting for Congress has been their compulsion rather than a choice.

“He stays in his Rouse Avenue bungalow and rarely visited the area in the past. The major problem here has been scarcity of water.

As elections are approaching, several borwells have been dug. Although the work is still incomplete, posters have come up claiming credit for solving water problem of the area,” said Haji Ismail, a local.