With filing of nomination papers for Delhi Assembly elections over, Delhi Congress has hit the ground with full force and has become very aggressive in its election campaign. AICC general secretary and in-charge of Delhi Congress PC Chacko and Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh lovely on Thursday flagged off 45 vans having lED screens from the party headquarters. These vans will cover all 70 constituencies of Delhi highlighting the work done by Congress during its 15-year rule in the national Capital.
The vans with images of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and lovely carry the message: Toot gayi vikas ki dor, chalo chale Congress ki ore; Bharosa hai naam ka, Congress ke kaam ka.
A three-minute video will feature former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, the face of the party till December 2013. It will highlight the Delhi Metro, the swanky domestic airport and other development works undertaken by the party from 1998 to 2013.
The party has roped in college students in large numbers to accompany the vans. “We are college students working on this project. It is not rocket science,” says Karan, a Delhi University student.
The students are also working as volunteers and have been trained to work on the project. “We were trained by Rehan and it was a five-six day process. We will be working till the campaigning is over,” says Abhishek from Delhi University.
The idea is similar to BJP’s raths, which are already doing the rounds of the city. The BJP is already reaching out to the people through the Internet, radio and other high-tech media, among others.