Jagan to build social media warriors

Amaravati: With an eye on general elections which will be held within a year, YSR Congress party is preparing its ‘social media warriors’ in view of growing social media significance of online platforms in creating perception and counter the TDP social media wing.

YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will meet the ‘Army of more than 200 lieutenants’ handpicked from 13 districts across the State at his Padayatra at Razole in East Godavari on June 23.

Party sources said that a large number of youngsters are now campaigning on social media platforms for Y S Jaganmohan Reddy. At the Saturday’s meeting, they will also discuss issues concerning youth and seek Jagan’s directions on various issues. 

“The 200 plus lieutenants will be trained in the sophisticated details of social media using the latest technology and tools. They will also act as leaders who will further build their army in their respective regions and train the youth who are actively seeking to work voluntarily for Jagan's campaign,” said a close aid of Prasanth Kishore, who is political strategist for YSR Congress Party.  

“The party has planned an interactive session with the social media volunteers to facilitate a direct interaction with the leader. Party chief would interact with the volunteers and will address questions raised by the participants," said party senior leader Y V Subbareddy. In addition to YSRCP’s efforts to build its own digital cadre, there are umpteen volunteer groups which are emerging to be a part of Jagan's campaign driving the moto of bringing back the ‘heydays of Andhra Pradesh’, he said.

Popularly called as digital army, they will discuss ideas on how they could participate and contribute to Jaganmohan Reddy's social media campaign for AP Assembly and Lok Sabha polls. The digital volunteers will be a part of social events in their districts. 

“Opposition leader Jaganmohan Reddy has more than 13 lakh followers on Facebook whereas Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu trails behind with only 10 lakh followers. Jagan has over 7 lakh followers on twitter for the past 3 months,” Subbareddy said.