Railway passenger associations on Saturday said they have decided to appeal to the public to boycott the upcoming Maharashtra elections as no elected representative was taking up issues of suburban commuters.

Nandkumar Deshmukh, president of the Federation of Suburban Passengers’ Association, said,  “Suburban commute in Mumbai has been getting tougher by the day, and protests and agitations for our rights have resulted in us facing legal cases. No politician or elected representative intervenes to solve the issues or help us when we face cases.”