India, June 1 -- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Pune city working president Pradeep Deshmukh on Friday called upon party workers to not wait for administrative action but instead take to the streets to address public grievances directly.

Deshmukh was speaking at the Pune city executive committee meeting held at Modern College, which saw participation from a large number of former corporators and party office-bearers. His instructions to workers in a meeting attended by most senior leaders and ex-corporators from the city came months ahead of civic polls.

Pune along with Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporations are likely to go for polls in September as per the directions from the Supreme Court. Deshmukh urged workers to gear up for the...