kolkata hit hard by the double trouble of narada sting and the vivekananda road flyover collapse firhad hakim and his team are walking the extra mile to milk the modernization project of kidderpore maternity home to gain mileage at the kolkata port constituency illegal construction has become a major poll issue here i feel the port constituency is in for a tough contest sadiq said noor mohammed who switched from forward bloc to trinamool and became a councillor in 2011 brushed aside any doubt over a landslide victory for trinamool talking to toi while walking down mayurbhanj road the state urban development minister sounded confidence corruption is not an issue i have seen the left regime and i have also seen the five years of trinamool rule hakim too felt that the narada sting was no issue at all we believe in development on thursday hakim kicked off his doortodoor campaign from ekbalpore lane with his followers the ground floor of the building has been turned into a cowshed the development in port area has been remarkable armed with this development issue trinamool poll managers have been campaigning hard for hakim whohas otherwise failed to live up to the promise of completion of garden reach flyover as the state urban development minister an agitated rafiq retorted name one political party that has not been accused of indulging in corrupt practices though everything went well in the oneandahalf hour campaigning talks of corruption didnt get muffled with it comes armtwisting tactics of a section of local ruling party leaders the maternity home being the only government healthcare facility it is a dream project for more than a lakh population in kidderpore ekbalpur and mominpur areas who cant afford private nursing homes even the heavyweight local mla has failed to control it this is surely going to be an election issue we are in a comfortable position and our candidate who has been a symbol of development will win comfortably he said bobby hakim has no threat so far as elections are concerned he said everyone knows that it is a conspiracy against us before the elections though backtoback incidents have left hakim redfaced there was no shortage of enthusiam in the road show but then there were the likes of sheikh sadiq a resident of ekbalpore lane who were not so impressed with the pompous show but they cant protest either any mention of the narada sting or flyover collapse was conspicuous by its absence flower petals were showered and supporters strained their vocal cords chanting the name of bobbyda as hakim is known locally the sting video has exposed political leaders and put them in trouble before the elections felt sheikh kamal it was still being discussed among sheikh kamal a promoter and trinamool activist rafiq once the upgrade is over the unit will have a special neonatal unit and also a specialized mother care unit voters dont take these things lightly even as sadiq was drawing attention to illegal