The city's legendary dabbawallas (lunch-box carriers) have now decided to join politics, starting with the forthcoming elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), an official said here Monday.

According to Subhash Talekar, the chief promoter of Dabbawalas Cooperative Housing Society (proposed), the lunch-box carriers want a say in the city's legislative affairs and resolve civic issues concerning the people in general and the dabbawalas in particular.