NEW DELHI: As many as 1,413 people thought none of the eight candidates in the Bawana bypolls deserved their vote. So they clicked on NOTA , or ‘none of the above’. This was significant as the voting percentage was only 45%.This was in stark contrast to the 2015 election when the voting percentage was 61.8% and only 866 people had chosen NOTA.“Over the years, I have realised that no party is serious about the promises they make. We are struggling to solve the same issues that we were struggling against 10 years ago,” 71-year-old Ranvir Singh had said on August 23, election day.From 2008 to 2013, Congress had represented Bawana. Then came BJP that ruled from 2013 to 2015. After that, AAP was in the driver’s seat with its candidate Ved Prakash winning from here. Then he switched his allegiance to BJP and had to quit. This time, AAP has again won it.Yet, locals point out that no party has done any development in the constituency. And to spot this neglect, one doesn’t have to go very far.Lal Building is a resettlement colony near Bawana Industrial Area. Here, people live without water. “We depend on private tankers that charge us a fortune,” said Nazma Khatoon, a resident.Erratic power supply, lack of ration cards and other benefits of social welfare schemes have denied the people a shot at a dignified life. People say they are cut off from the city as DTC buses don’t ply here.It’s also interesting that NOTA polled more votes than three Independents, and two other candidates, one each from Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janta Congress. NOTA was an item of gossip outside Swami Shraddhanand College in Alipur where supporters of different parties gathered. “Congress’s votes are going down and NOTA is going up,” said a Congress supporter.