During the meeting, the two candidates reflected that the Matang community still lived a life of misery and poverty. They felt saddened at the thought that the community had to still struggle for equal status and rights in the society and that the government had ignored their aspirations.

 

Perhaps seeing a ray of hope to in the form of NCP, the community has decided to pledge their support to the NCP-Congress alliance candidates from Belapur and Airoli. The community’s National President Babasaheb Gople, appealed to his community to vote for the NCP-Congress alliance. In the Thane district, the Matang community constitutes five people and if this number is converted into votes then the NCP candidates do hold an upper hand in the state assembly elections.