The leaders especially of the UCPN (Maoist), the Nepali Congress, the CPN-UML have not only asked for votes via face-book but also used it as a podium to mention reasons why they should win the elections, the basis of their victory and their party policies and programs. [break]
UCPN (Maoist) candidate Saral Yatri of constituency-1 of Sindhupalchowk, wrote his status on face-book, “Candidates Agni Sapkota, Bil Bahadur Rayamajhi and myself from constituency-2, 3 and 1 respectively have filed nominations with much fanfare at the district headquarters Chautara.”
Candidate Yatri had used face-book to disseminate about his candidacy, few hours after filing nomination at Sindhupalchowk District Election Office. “Cadres’ zeal is slowing turning into eagerness which, I believe, will ultimately yield victory,” he wrote updating his face-book status.
Familiar with the power of social media, former President of Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Taranath Dahal wrote status, “I am on board for the Constituent Assembly elections. I am confident that the people of constituency-3 of Sindhupalchowk count on me and entrust me with the important national responsibility." Around 525 face book users had liked this status while 335 people had written their comments on it.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, if we look at the face-book status of those candidates who have already geared up for elections, we can find their face-book status filled up with electoral campaigns, replacing the old trend of using flyers and posters for this purpose. With immediate feedback, twitter and face-book have become an effective means of disseminating news, views and creating opinions.
“I am ready to survive on nettle but will cast my vote for UML”, Sher Bahadur Tamang shared his status with the model image of ballot paper. I believe that all the voters will have a crucial role to elect all the UML candidates to the next Constituent Assembly.
With the development of science and technology, social media face-book has been an effective means for CA candidates to ask for votes and create opinions during the election campaigns.
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