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The khadanja road in my village has been in a damaged condition for years and has never been repaired since it was constructed. During the rainy season, it becomes almost impossible to walk on.

I spoke with our BDO, who suggested that I meet our MLA and request that funds be allocated for converting it into a CC road. Our BDC gave me the same suggestion.

So, I called Lucky Yadav and asked if I could meet him tomorrow. He asked me to come to his home in Jaunpur at 2 PM.

My question is: has anyone here met him before? If yes, how is his behavior? Is he approachable and willing to listen to public issues?

Also, if you are from his constituency and have any issues or queries that you'd like me to raise during the meeting, feel free to mention them in the comments.

So a bit of background about me: I’m a software engineer, originally from UP but born, raised, and educated entirely in Maharashtra. For the last 2 years I’ve been staying at my native place in UP while working remotely, but all my documents still have my Mira Road address.

Because of that, I wasn’t able to apply for a learner’s licence in UP, so I had to come to Mira Road RTO for the process.

Today I went to Mira Road RTO for my learner’s licence appointment and wanted to share my experience for anyone planning to go without an agent.

I had booked the 11:00–11:30 AM slot and reached around 10:30. Outside, the timings mentioned were 10:30 to 2 PM, but the counters were still closed. Most officials were having breakfast and the counters finally opened around 11:20.

By then a huge crowd had gathered, mostly for permanent driving licences. The clerks made separate queues for DL and LL applicants. I was in the LL queue with only 2–3 people, but they first processed all DL applicants. When I asked about my appointment timing, the clerk said they would first finish the DL queue and then start LL applications.

One major issue I noticed: there was no xerox/printout facility nearby and the RTO itself also doesn’t provide one. I had to walk around 1 km in the heat just to get printouts of my documents.

Another thing I observed was that almost everyone seemed to have come through agents or driving schools. I even overheard conversations about “4500 lagega” etc. The boy ahead of me in the LL queue had also come through an agent.

When my turn came, the SI immediately understood that I had come directly without any agent. The tone became a bit different. He asked for a printout of the online payment receipt, which I didn’t know was required. Then he asked me to speak in Marathi because “he didn’t know Hindi,” even though I had just seen him speaking Hindi with others.

Now I absolutely support respecting the culture and language of the place where you live. I was born in UP, but I’ve spent almost my entire life in Maharashtra, so I understand why Marathi is important here and I genuinely respect that. So I switched to Marathi as much as I could. Then he pointed out that my address in the form didn’t exactly match Aadhaar. To be fair, that mistake was on my side because while filling the form I only entered the room number and locality instead of the full address. I tried explaining that those were the only fields shown during form filling, but both officers told me not to argue.

At that point I honestly went numb because I couldn’t explain myself properly in Marathi. A senior officer came in, they discussed something, and I stepped out.

I corrected the form completely with the exact Aadhaar address, again went outside in the heat for printouts, and came back. This time only one officer was inside. He asked me to wait outside for a few minutes.

Later they called me in, asked what I do, and when I said I’m a software engineer, the entire tone changed. He calmly started speaking in Hindi and even asked the clerk to help me with the form.

After that I gave the learner’s test, passed it, and finally got my LL.

Overall, I wouldn’t say the experience was terrible, but it definitely could be much better. The process still feels heavily dependent on agents, basic facilities are missing, timings aren’t followed properly, and first-time applicants who come directly often feel lost.

Some advice if you’re going there directly:

• Carry printouts of EVERYTHING.
• Ensure your form address exactly matches Aadhaar.
• Be mentally prepared for delays.
• Knowing basic Marathi definitely helps.
• Don’t panic if they send you back for corrections.

In the end, I still managed to complete the process without paying any agent.