BJP clicks ‘like’ on FB Live for virtual rallies in Bihar

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New Delhi: With political actions taking a digital flip throughout Covid-19, BJP is banking on Facebook Live to succeed in out to folks in Bihar.

Union residence minister Amit Shah would start the state election marketing campaign on June 7 with the first-of-its- variety virtual rallyBihar Samvad’. He will probably be addressing the rally from the nationwide capital through videoconferencing. BJP has chosen Bihar BJP Facebook and YouTube pages to succeed in out to folks. BJP can also be utilizing different mediums, equivalent to Twitter and Zoom. But Facebook stays the first platform for connecting with the plenty.

On May 30, when nationwide BJP president J P Nadda did a Facebook Live, Bihar had set a goal of connecting 10 lakh folks from the state. “We couldn’t get the exact data because the the event took place on the national BJP Facebook page. However, we will have data of the upcoming rally on June 7,” Bihar BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal informed ET.

“Last year, Bihar had 1.2 crore FB accounts. The number must have gone up but we don’t have the exact data,” mentioned BJP Bihar IT cell chief Manan Krishna.

Krishna mentioned after the announcement of the rally, the Bihar BJP Facebook web page obtained 15,000 new followers. The web page has round 3,45,000 followers. “We expect the numbers to increase further and have guided our workers to encourage people to follow the page,” mentioned Krishna.

To give the rally an actual really feel, a small stage is being erected within the celebration workplace in Patna. On June 7, all of the senior state BJP leaders will sit on the stage like in a bodily rally and Shah will be part of from Delhi. The programme would start with Shah being garlanded by a celebration chief in Delhi.

Bihar has 72,723 polling cubicles. BJP has fashioned a crew of seven members, referred to as Saptrishi, for every sales space. “We are trying to bring YouTube on Smart TVs at places where 20-30 people can sit while following the social-distancing norms. Those who have smartphones can join directly on FB or YouTube. We are sending the links through Whatsapp,” mentioned rally in-charge Rajesh Verma. He mentioned YouTube is best for reaching out to a gaggle whereas FB can attain a person. After this, BJP would organise extra rallies in June for different leaders.




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