Ramya turns social media teacher for Youth Cong workers
Bengaluru: With election heat intensifying, AICC social media chief Ramya conducted a day-long workshop for Youth Congress members here Friday on how they should counter the BJP on social media platforms.
Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress president Basanagouda Badarli said the workshop had representatives from all the 224 Assembly segments, district coordinators and state-level coordinators. “We have appointed 11 social media coordinators for the state. The workshop focussed on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Telegram platforms,” he said.
Ramya, who was appointed as the Congress’ social media head in May last year, trained the Youth Congress cadre on tackling the BJP. “The focus was basically on busting the lies the BJP is spreading on social media. At the same time, we have to highlight the achievements of the State government,” Badarli said.
Chidambaram takes stock
Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, who is AICC in-charge of block and district committees, took stock of the party’s organisation during his brief visit to the city on Friday.
The state Congress unit has moved toward becoming a cadre-based party through booth-level committees. “He asked us to focus on micro-level management and gave suggestions. He said block-level workers should not change their phone numbers till elections so communication can be uninterrupted. Also, he asked workers to switch to smartphones in order to use WhatsApp,” KPCC vice-president B L Shankar said.