The Mumbai South constituency comprises six Assembly segments - Worli represented by NCP's Sachin Ahir, Malabar Hill by BJP's Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Sewree by Nandgaonkar, Mumbadevi by Congress' Amin Patel, Byculla by Congress' Madhu Chavan and Colaba by Congress' Annie Shekhar.
Sawant, who was member of the legislative council for two terms, between 1996-2002 and 2004-2009, said the state government has “failed” to address two key issues, namely redevelopment of dilapidated buildings, slums and port areas.
“I feel the state government is responsible for the plight of the textile workers as due to ill-advised policies, all textile mills in the city were closed and lakhs of workers were rendered jobless,” he said.
