Candidates use social media sites to draw voters’ attention

Ludhiana | Sunday | 20th October, 2019

Summary:

Mahesh SharmaMandi Ahmedgarh, October 19Having exploited live mode of the social networking websites for drawing attention of voters, candidates for Dakha byelection and conveners of their campaigns are now using the same avenue for highlighting their apprehensions and reactions. Protests and meetings with senior functionaries, where protocol should be followed strictly, are no exception to the tendency. Same platform was used by the Congress nominee, Captain Sandeep Sandhu, who came live on Facebook to show his ‘maiden’ reaction on the issue. Sandhu lashed out at Akali leaders alleging that they were trying to intimidate police officials ahead of polling. However, keeping his cool Sandhu dared his rivals to settle with him instead of raising hue and cry before voters..