Grand old party to launch ‘join Congress social media’ campaign

Realising the need to strengthen its footprint on social media to take on the BJP, Congress is set to launch a campaign ‘join Congress social media’ across the country.
The grand old party plans to recruit an army of five lakh web warriors to spread its message across social media platforms.
Sources said, the party will interview people to pick five lakh volunteers. Of them, the party’s social media department will appoint 50,000 office bearers at district, state and national level, while the other 4.5 lakh persons would form the network of Congress workers who will help push the party message in unison.
Congress seems to have realised the importance of social media after the corona pandemic and the ensuing lockdown. The 10-month-long experience made the party leadership recognise its weak social media presence as compared to the ruling BJP.
“We have realised that this is the best way to strengthen our social media team across the country. There is a large section of population that wants to fight for Congress values and we are trying tap that segment,” a Congress leader said.
These web warriors would be given training in countering the BJP narratives on social media.