The political alliance reached between the Congress and JD(S) in Karnataka to grab power in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has made BJP, the single-largest party with hundred wards in its kitty to fight against the alliance. Apart from protests and petitions the BJP has decided to exploit the social media like Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and other streams to campaign against the Congress party for its alliance with JD(S) which allows them to take control of the historic BBMP from the BJP.
According to the spokesperson S Prakash, the party has decided to campaign against the ruling Congress party-led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for its unholy alliance to grab power in the BBMP through social media. He said, “apart from other forms of protests against Congress we are using social media like Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter. Our digital team has created several images highlighting the Congress’s attempt to derail the mandate given by the citizens of Bengaluru.”
According to Prakash, the drive-away point is that the attempt of the Congress after getting defeated in the BBMP polls were now trying to occupy the seat of power from backyard.
The BJP which started the social media campaign, a powerful tool in the IT city Bengaluru, on Friday to inform the citizens about the unholy alliance of the Congress and the JD(S), expects the campaign to have a major impact on the social media netizens. Slogans and symbols of protests like slaughter of democracy, BBMP mandate hijacked, and criticism on resort politics and with many more images have started campaign against the Congress. A special IT team of BJP toiling hard to create these images to the social media an effective and new mode of campaign tool in the changing world of information revolution.