AAP focusses on 360-degree social media campaign for LS elections

NEW DELHI: The AAP has started strengthening the social media teams for the coming Lok Sabha elections. The party is also arranging interaction with the team members and workshops to train them regarding how to deal with a political campaign in the time of the election. “We are also sitting with the senior leaders and letting the team interact with these leaders so that they understand the political ideology of the party,” said a leader.

Another leader of the party said that Delhi has a huge youth population and many of them are first-time voters. “The youth of India is very active on the social media and to reach them we will need the social media campaign,” he said. However, the leaders have clarified that the social media team will not endorse or spread any kind of fake news on social media.

Nearly two-thirds of young people (64 percent) view social media platforms like Twitter, Youtube and Facebook as an essential part of bringing about social change, according to new researches.

Researches also show that social media appears to be vital to those who use it to communicate with campaign groups or charities: 50 per cent of young people who use it for this purpose do so on a daily basis. According to research, social media has also made politics more accessible for younger generations with 7 per cent of those surveyed saying that they had used Facebook or Twitter to communicate directly with a politician or political party in the last 12 months.

Delhi, or the National Capital Territory (NCT) of India, is a large metropolitan area in India. Delhi is the fifth most populous city in the world and the largest city in India areawise. Delhi has an estimated population of 18.6 million as per 2016 census. Delhi has a rapidly growing population, which was just 16.7 million in 2011. The city has a population density of 29,259.12 people per square mile, which is one of the highest in the world.

Delhi is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, reaching over 18 million this year from just 400,000 in 1901. In 2001 alone, its population increased by 215,000 due to natural growth and 285,000 through migration. By 2020, Delhi is expected to be the third largest conurbation after Tokyo and Mumbai.