Vikas Verma, Jagran, Modinagar. Three-tier Panchayat elections are to be held next year. There is no official announcement yet, but election rumblings have started in the villages. Election atmosphere has started developing in the villages. This time there is more enthusiasm among the youth for the post of Prime Minister than in previous years.
In most of the villages, it is the youth who are staking their claim for the post of Pradhani. The special thing is that the youth have started campaigning on Instagram instead of going door-to-door. In the new era, the youth are trying to connect the voters of the village through a new online medium.
Many reels have come out from different villages of Modinagar regarding Pradhani. In which the youth are presenting themselves before the public as Pradhan. He is also being liked on Instagram. The purpose of these reels is less to increase likes and views but more to woo the voters.
After adding the youth of the village on the Instagram account, the contenders for Pradhani are also preparing satire reels on each other. Along with highlighting the shortcomings of the village, the villagers are being assured of providing facilities. Reels of social service work being done in the village are also being made and broadcasted.
The message is being delivered to most of the people in one go without holding any meeting.
The youth are trying hard to get the seat of Pradhan. There is an effort to connect more and more people of the village to the Instagram account. The youth believe that through this medium most of the people of the village can be contacted at once.
Your message can be delivered to most people in just a few minutes. Whereas, apart from the expenditure of money in organizing the meeting, it is also difficult to connect the people. While time and money are wasted in meetings, both are saved online.
Trends are being gauged on online polls
Online polls are also being started on internet media. In which the names of two claimants are written opposite each other. Efforts are being made to gauge the attitude of the villagers by sending the link of this poll on their WhatsApp. The minds of voters are being probed. Political and caste based equations have started.