The high octane lok Sabha polls in Chandigarh has got American touch this time… From open political debates to extensive online campaigns, the City Beautiful’s electoral arena is witnessing all.
Giving American touch to the Chandigarh’s electoral tussle, the candidates in the poll fray from Chandigarh are participating in political debates on a single platform apprising city voters about their vision and even responding to public’s queries.
This election time is giving ample opportunity to the city voters to know their candidates at political debates organised by different organisations here.
On the lines of US presidential elections, the candidates in Chandigarh’s ballot tussle are engaging in political debates to express their view on various topics. The four strong contenders from the city’s lok Sabha seat, Congress’s Pawan Kumar Bansal, BJP’s Kirron Kher, AAP’s Gul Panag and BSP’s Jannat Jahat have been sharing dais at political debates to share their vision and also, to respond to the questions put forth by the residents on various issues.
These four contenders have also been hitting out at each other during the open house debates in the city. So far, these candidates have participated in more than five such events to share their views on problems related to city’s industrialists, traders among others.
From touching sensitive issues of women security to discussing problems of industrials, the nominees from here having been reaching out to the public through these open debates.
Be it llB degree holder Bansal or the youngest candidate, graduate Jannat Jahan, all candidates seems to be sparing no effort showing their sharpening debating skills to garner public’s support.
The other actors turned politicians, AAP’s Panag holds Master of Arts in Political Science, Panjab University while BJP’s Kirron Kher did MA (English literature) from Department of English PU.
Well-versed with the problems in Chandigarh, these well-educated candidates have also been making poll promises and giving assurances to the city residents at these public forums, to make most of it during the election time.
The three woman candidates—Jahan, Panag and Kirron have also been actively campaigning on social networking websites--Facebook and Twitter to connect with the city residents everyday.
For the first time, the political parties have hired professionals and have constituted special teams to run a successful campaign on social networking websites
An election campaign strategy including organising interactive sessions on Google hangouts, interaction through mobile apps, interactive session on Facebook and Twitter among other tech-savvy initiatives have been devised by the political parties to connect with the voters.
Besides, all the political parties have created Facebook pages and Twitter account in an endeavour to garner voters’ support in the elections. Pictures and other information of the ongoing campaigning activities are uploaded on the Facebook and Twitter accounts on daily basis by the political parties to make it more appealing for the visitors.
Apparently, from using social networking websites to Mobile Apps, the political parties are pulling out all the stops to reach out to the voters during this election season.Polling in Chandigarh will be held on April 10.