With the Union Railway Minister and city MP Pawan Kumar Bansal embroiled in Railway Board Bribery scam, the social networking websites have become a valuable tool for the opposition to target Bansal and his family members.
The BJP leaders have in fact invaded the social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to take their campaign against Bansal to the people.
logging on to technology, several bigwigs of the city BJP are leaving no stone unturned to garner public’s support in their ongoing protest demanding Bansal’s resignation.
After the arrest of Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla by the Central Bureau of Investigation for accepting bribe to fix plum position in the Railway Board, the official pages of BJP and its leaders on Facebook, Twitter are flooded with updates on the scam and their protest against Bansal.
Right from day-to-day happenings to the information on protest rallies, pictures, videos among others, everything is made available on the Facebook page of the party and BJP leaders.
Besides this, the online pages also present scathing posts, sarcastic illustrations, infographics and caricatures. BJP national incharge of the legal & legislative Cell and former Chandigarh MP,
Satya Pal Jain is actively using social media platforms to reach out to the general public during their ongoing agitation against the Union Minister.
From the official Facebook page, official website to his twitter account, Jain is keeping the public updated by posting documentary proofs against Bansal, videos of stink operations and pictures against Bansal, pictures of protest and links to the media coverage on Rail Gate.
In the last five days, the BJP leader Jain has attracted much attention due to his continuing mission to dig up dirt on Bansal and his family members. Jain has produced several documents, pictures, videos against Bansal and his family alleging unethical rise of Bansal’s family business and its close links with Vijay Singla.
Keeping pace with his party leader, the city BJP president Sanjay Tandon is not far behind in the online campaign against Bansal. His Facebook account is also updated with pictures of protest demonstration organized by BJP across Chandigarh against the city MP.
The BJP senior leaders are of the view that through social networking websites they are connecting well with the large number of youth, who are also majority voters in the country. The initiative to use social networking websites is aimed at bringing facts on Rail Board Bribery scam to light and to the notice of large number of people across the nation.
The Facebook page of BJP Chandigarh is also updated everyday with information and pictures of BJP’s protest against the city MP and Congress. The official page also has a number of sarcastic illustrations on the Rail Gate.
Besides, the Facebook pages of Secretary BJP Mahila Morcha Chandigarh Sunita Dhawan, BJP councillors and other BJP leaders are also uploaded with day to day happenings in Rail Gate and BJP agitation.
Even as the BJP senior leaders look to make most of their social networks, the Congress leaders have kept silent on the issue. It is only Vikram Bansal, nephew of Union Railway Minister, who has lashed out at the BJP for maligning the image of his uncle.
In a counter-attack to BJP’s allegations, Vikram posted on his Facebook wall that “BJP leader Jain has hit me and my uncle (Pawan Kumar Bansal) to meet his political ends. Every word uttered by him against me and my father-like uncle will be answered.”