By Ramesh Lohia
It is the world’s biggest democratic exercise, with more than 900 million people eligible to cast their vote in seven stages over 39 days (April 11 to May 19), voters will decide whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party should continue running the country for another five years. In the last Phase 7 (May 19),
It is the world’s biggest democratic exercise, with more than 900 million people eligible to cast their vote in seven stages over 39 days (April 11 to May 19), voters will decide whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party should continue running the country for another five years. In the last Phase 7 (May 19),
59 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across eight states will vote: Bihar (8 parliamentary constituencies), Jharkhand (3), Madhya Pradesh (8), Punjab (13), West Bengal (9), Chandigarh (1), Uttar Pradesh (13) and Himachal Pradesh (4).
The contribution is instructive for future elections too.
There are many WhatsApp groups but NaMo constituency based focused group (for example, Robertsganj Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, By-election to Kundgol and Chincholi assembly seat in Karnataka) is a novel approach. It is brainchild of Achalesh Amar, Rajiv Rai team. It distinguished itself by global reach. The participants are also reaching out directly to voters in the general population For last one month alone its participants have called over 100,000 voters.
Another key contributor is Arun Mundra with groups like NRI4NaMo, Patriots for NaMo-BJP, Modiji19. During Modi’s first visit to the US as Prime Minister, many TV channels took Arun Mundra’s interview and to his surprise Modi put his interview clip on Narendra Modi YouTube, NaMo Channel and website. From March 2019 to May 2019, its participants have made phone calls to more than 35000 voters in UK, Indonesia, Australia, Kenya and various parts of world along with North America.
Many participants have exchanged suggestions through focused election constituency calling groups, callathons, text rather than living in WhatsApp echo chambers. It conveys a message that Modi has huge global followers and Indians living overseas truly value Modi’s leadership.
YouTube videos were compiled and choreographed by Retired Indian Army officer Captain Ramesh Lohia who was 22 years old when he took part in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. YouTube videos in English, Hindi, Rajasthani, Marwari languages have been viewed more than 350 times across the globe with 1000 video thumbnails impression viewers. The videos have energized voters in India.
The contribution is instructive for future elections too.
There are many WhatsApp groups but NaMo constituency based focused group (for example, Robertsganj Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, By-election to Kundgol and Chincholi assembly seat in Karnataka) is a novel approach. It is brainchild of Achalesh Amar, Rajiv Rai team. It distinguished itself by global reach. The participants are also reaching out directly to voters in the general population For last one month alone its participants have called over 100,000 voters.
Another key contributor is Arun Mundra with groups like NRI4NaMo, Patriots for NaMo-BJP, Modiji19. During Modi’s first visit to the US as Prime Minister, many TV channels took Arun Mundra’s interview and to his surprise Modi put his interview clip on Narendra Modi YouTube, NaMo Channel and website. From March 2019 to May 2019, its participants have made phone calls to more than 35000 voters in UK, Indonesia, Australia, Kenya and various parts of world along with North America.
Many participants have exchanged suggestions through focused election constituency calling groups, callathons, text rather than living in WhatsApp echo chambers. It conveys a message that Modi has huge global followers and Indians living overseas truly value Modi’s leadership.
YouTube videos were compiled and choreographed by Retired Indian Army officer Captain Ramesh Lohia who was 22 years old when he took part in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. YouTube videos in English, Hindi, Rajasthani, Marwari languages have been viewed more than 350 times across the globe with 1000 video thumbnails impression viewers. The videos have energized voters in India.