Jehanabad/Gaya: The sound of a by-election in Bela is getting louder. Leaders of all parties have come down to the ground to gauge the mood of the public. On one hand, Surendra Yadav, who ruled the land of Bela for 34 years, is lobbying for his son and RJD candidate Vishwanath Prasad Yadav, while on the other hand, all the big leaders of his party are working on the ground to ensure the victory of JDU candidate Manorama Devi, who is trying to break the RJD's fort. Apart from these two parties, the party's mastermind Prashant Kishore himself has taken the reins for the candidate of the third party Jan Suraj. Apart from all these, to whom will the public hand over the reins of their area? This question is arising in everyone's mind.

Do the people of Bela want a change this time or do they prefer to go with the old face, and also whether there are some local issues, to know the answer to all these questions, the team of Local 18 reached Fatehpur village of Bela assembly constituency. During this, the people here said that there was a lack of development here. Some local people were very angry with the former MLA of the area, they said that the MP from Jehanabad and the former MLA from Bela never set foot in our village in 34 years. Apart from this, many people also said that no development has taken place here till now. The problem of irrigation is the biggest problem in our area, no solution has been found till now.

'There are not just one or two problems here, but a warehouse of problems' 
Young voters of the village, Nitesh Kumar said that there has been no development in our area. The problem of irrigation has not been solved yet. He says about the Jan Suraj Party that it is new right now, if there is any kind of thought to be brought to mind, then we will see and think about it in 2025. At the same time, a local said that we have already decided. There should be a change this time. There is not just one or two problems in our area, but a warehouse of problems here. He says that if someone chooses a leader, then he will not do development by looking at the face, we have been discriminated against.

'He did not visit our village even once in 34 years' 
Local Rajiv Kumar Singh says that Surendra Yadav has not set foot in our village even once in 34 years. He has some discrimination in his mind, that is why he has neglected our village. He has not done any development in the entire Bela. We are not going to do any new experiments on Jan Suraj. Anil Singh of the same village said that this time there is going to be a change. The NDA and Mahagathbandhan candidates are from the same caste, but we have been voting for the same person for 34 years. He also said that he had not set foot in this village even once till now.

'We have no complaints with Prashant Kishore' 
Regarding the Jan Suraj Party, the locals say that we have no complaints about Prashant Kishore, but we have tried our luck twice on the candidate of his party. We gave him 54000 votes. Just knew that people of his caste would also vote for him, but people of his caste did not vote for him. At the same time, Sudhir Kumar says that there has been no development in our area. He has ruled by cheating the poor people for 34 years.