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TALK TO ME

AKHILESH HAS HANDED OUT15 LAKH COMPUTERS

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He kept his Assembly poll promise of handing out free laptops. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav now plans to engage with young, first-time voters through social networking. His team is designing a Facebook page called ‘Talk to your CM’ through which they will invite young voters to “comment and advise” Akhilesh on issues of governance. Sitting pretty after distributi­ng over 15 lakh computers since coming to power in 2013, he is looking to negate Narendra Modi’s ‘Chai pe Charcha’ campaign in UP. Akhilesh is set for an end-February launch for his Facebook page.

 ?? Photograph by MANEESH AGNIHOTRI ??
Photograph by MANEESH AGNIHOTRI

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