India, May 22 -- Chandni Chowk, Walled City, Shahjahanabad, Delhi-6, old Delhi - take your pick. Known by an array of different names, this historical area forms the core of the Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency. This is where the web of overhead electrical wires meets the deepest Delhi Metro station. There are Mughal mansions, slum clusters and flats, along with industrial areas and the largest wholesale market clusters in India.

The problems of this constituency are as myriad as its demographical constitution. From traders' concerns, tax norms and failure of pedestrianisation in market areas to parking, broken roads, water supply and stray animals in residential areas, voters have many demands, little of which, they say, have been m...