my daughters santosh and pooja had gone shopping when they were killed in the blast in karol bagh a common feeling among all these families is that while terrorism is an issue in every election very little has been done to tackle it effectively and there is little political will to do so either her school expenses have been waived off but we still have financial burdens many families like sahirs are still waiting for compensation because the cheque expired by the time it reached their village balbir who was injured in the mehrauli blasts while his friend sahir died said blasts are taking place every few months in the country rama who lost two daughters in last years karol bagh blast is undecided rajkumar whose son santosh died in the mehrauli blast is yet to overcome the trauma and is firm in his belief that for political parties terrorism is nothing more than effective poll rhetoric the government is incapable of tackling terror as we keep hearing of more blasts in the country but i will still exercise my right to vote as that is the only still hope for change its become a political gimmick to talk about containing terror he said new delhi now our family has no source of income what they are however unanimous about is that no party will really walk the poll talk on terror clampdown they are just making political capital out of the plight of othersit has been nearly four years since the blast in which i lost three members of my family nobody has bothered to check on our wellbeing we dont have faith in the government and no one in my family will vote said selena dass grandmother of manisha michael who has been bringing the 12yearold up since the latter lost her parents and elder brother in the sarojini nagar blasts of 2005selena rued that the family expenses had gone up and they had no financial guarantees for manishas education political parties may be pitching terrorism as a poll issue but victims of delhi blasts of 2005 and 2008 remain a disillusioned lot so much so that many are ambivalent about whether to exercise their franchise at all unless i vote i cannot even expect things to change he says pensively the government made tall promises of looking after the blast victims but nobody came to enquire about us she told times city from her dilshad garden home manisha was only nine at the time and we still havent got any compensation for her fathers death since he has been listed as missing while my wife lost her sight in one eye one of my arms became disabled but he is loathe to waste his vote