Finally I can decide who should rule me !I voted for the first time in my life. The first phase of polling to the Parliament started today and would end on May 13th in 5 phases. The results would be out on 16th.
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The road is not so smooth for Shashi Tharoor
Former UN Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor is contesting in the current Lok Sabha Elections from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress. Unlike many other constituencies in the state where the contest is primarily between the Left Front (lead by the CPI-M) and the United Democratic Front (lead by the Congress) candidates, he faces tough challenge from BJP candidate P K Krishnadas and BSP candidate A Neelalohithadasan Nadar apart from the Left Front candidate Ramachandran Nair.
Election campaigns goes online in India
The US elections and the Obama campaign was closely followed here in India also and the way Obama reached the youth and common people inspired many. Now it seems that the political parties are experimenting with similar campaigning tactics here also in the coming Assembly elections. The youth forms 2/3rd of the total population and the political parties are trying to reach them through the new age media’s including the internet and mobile phones. While the Indian National Congress has produced some promotional videos (link) that are widely promoted over the internet the BJP goes much beyond that through official websites and forums. Through this BJP hopes to reach individual voters. Continue reading
