22 March 2009
Hyderabad: Politicians in Andhra Pradesh are adopting hi-tech methods to woo voters, and leading them is Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy who turned a blogger Sunday.
After sending SMS to mobile phone users during the last couple of weeks, the politicians are now using Internet to reach out to voters. Some of them have already launched special websites to seek votes.
YSR, as the chief minister is popularly known by his initials, has taken a lead by turning a blogger Sunday. He formally launched the website, votecong.com as part of the hi-tech campaign for the ruling Congress party.
In his first post on the blog, titled "Yes, We Will", the chief minister said he feels charged up as he is about to campaign in the elections because this gives him an opportunity to meet people and renew his commitment to the people.
The chief minister wrote that his chief rival and Telugu Desam Party's president Chandrababu Naidu's "trinket promises" will not carry conviction with the people because the latter "bends to every wind in the pursuit of power".
"When I promised free power to farmers in 2004, Chandrababu Naidu (then chief minister) mocked me. 'If you give power free, the whole system will collapse. Power lines will be useful only to hang your clothes to dry.' I am not sure if he has ever tried to do that. The result would have been shocking," wrote Reddy.
Apart from the chief minister's blog, the website features blogs by actors Jayasudha, Jeevitha and Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam.
The site also hosts articles and photo displays of the development and welfare programmes implemented by the YSR government in the last five years.
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