KASUR-People of different localities have expressed grave concerns over the indifference and apathy of the lawmakers towards their problems, saying that they promote their personal interests and show total callousness towards sufferings of their voters after being elected.
During a survey, residents of different areas told this correspondent that the voters, after having elected their representatives, virtually have become subjects of ‘the powerful elite’ who are tended to dash all hopes of voters by neglecting their social problems, financial difficulties and psychological distress. They regretted that the lawmakers forgot the promises they made during election campaign soon after reaching the helm of affairs and are happily enjoying (the perks) being arranged through public money. “Irony of the fate is that the same elite groups get elected over and over again and election campaigns are held as rituals,” they pointed out. They regretted over the fact that the voters, due to their extreme poverty, lack of social influence and political power, became trading pawns in the hands of politicians who regard elections as windows of business opening to plunder national wealth through all possible means.
People demanded Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take notice of the situation and bind the elected representatives to answer the public queries and get mitigate their sufferings. On the other hand, the lawmakers rejected all the allegations levelled by the public, saying that they are public servants and always are available to resolve public problems.