TMC to train workers to scale up presence on social media

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress will go hi-tech to train its party workers to acquaint themselves with social net working sites.

The initiative has been taken up by party's MP and Trinamool Youth Congress president Abhishek Banerjee. Partha Chatterjee, party's secretary general and Derek O' Brien will be present at the training that will be held on June 20 at Moulali Yuba Kendra.

It may be mentioned that Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has said over and again that party workers and sympathizers should be active on social media to counter the canard spread by the BJP. She has also asked party leaders both in the city and districts to be active on social media.

There will be two digital directors for every Parliamentary constituency. Hence, 84 digital directors will be given training. Trinamool Congress has proposed to approach more than 2.5 crore people. Apart from the digital directors, others will also be trained. It may be recalled that Mamata Banerjee has asked the MPs to ensure completion of the projects taken up under MP LAD in view of the Lok Sabha polls.

The projects taken up by the state government will be uploaded on social media channels as many people particularly those living in Kolkata are not aware of these projects. For example, only a few people know that the state government has distributed 70 lakh bicycles among the students of classes IX to XII studying in state-run, aided and sponsored schools under Sabuj sathi project and the scheme has successfully brought down the number of school drop outs particularly girls in the semi-urban and rural areas. The state government has taken up around 30 projects in the past seven years and all are unique.

Trinamool Congress leaders said the BJP is systematically spreading canard against the state government and Trinamool Congress. Trinamool has decided to counter BJP's malicious campaign on social media channels. It may be mentioned that the BJP had uploaded a video of a riot which took place in Bangladesh and not in Bengal.