Local elections are about more than party loyalty: scrutinise candidates, understand the job and decide what accountability should look like five years from now. The civic elections for 29 municipal bodies including the high-stake Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), and. This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here.