Keeping in mind the role played by social media in 2014 and 2019 general elections, the State BJP has once again decided to use the tools of mass communication in year-end Assembly election.
Terming the party's social media volunteers as cyber warriors, the State BJP unit has asked its cyber warriors to spread the works of Centre and State at the same time counter the lies spread by Opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Raghubar Das’ Government.
Aiming to have maximum utilization of social media by its cadres in Assembly election, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) the youth wing of BJP on Friday organised a day long training session of its members on social media. State BJP election in-charge Nand Kishore Yadav, who was the chief guest at BJP’s social media volunteers meet held at RIMS auditorium said that the volunteers need to use their creative minds to defeat opponents and give a befitting reply to those spreading lies against centre and state government.
Yadav, who is also minister of road construction department in Nitish Kumar’s Cabinet said, “The second tenure of Narendra Modi Government has achieved milestone by abolishing Article 370, triple talaq and others.
It is very important that people should knowledge and information about the work carried out by Narendra Modi government and in this direction social media can play an important role.” Yadav said as country’s 65 per cent population are below 35 years of age, these segment of society who are active in social media can play an important role in highlighting the works of centre and State Government.
Having a word of praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for abrogating Article 370, Yadav said, “Jan Sangh and thereafter BJP political slogan was Jahan hue balidan Mookerjee, wo Kashmir hamara hai, as it was wish of every BJP cadres and Indians to remove Article 370 from Kashmir.
The jodi the Modi/Shah not only removed Article 370 but without any noise.” The social media cadres have to spread this fact which will be counter all the lies of opposition. The one day social media workshop was attended by Devang Dave is an entrepreneur and National Convener-IT at Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, State BJYM chief Amit Kumar among others. Kumar said, “Social media, video apps, messaging services and other networking platforms have become new tools in election.
What started as novel ideas in 2014 have matured into full blown digital campaign for all political parties?” Amit said, “We have asked BJYM members to make at least one volunteer at respective educational institutions and the volunteer has to create a whatsapp group in which more than 20 people from same institution will be member.”
Dave on the occasion gave various tips to BJYM members how to counter the lies spread by opposition.
He asked the BJYM members in rural areas to be more active in social media thus highlighting the achievements of both Centre and the State.