Political parties offer topis, bindis to woo voters in Jharkhand

The political parties are giving away caps, t-shirts and other such materials bearing thier symbols and slogans in an attempt to project their public appeal ahead of the LS polls.

Ranchi: With the Election Commission’s model code of conduct putting a check on campaigning, political parties in the state have taken the ‘bindi’ and ‘topi’ to project their symbols to attract voters.

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The BJP is using saffron colour bindis and bracelets for women, caps, badges, saris, kurtas, T-shirts, masks and other items to woo voters for its candidates in the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

“The items carry messages like 272-plus, Modi for PM, fund for PM and vote for Modi. The first lot has already been sent to our district units for distribution among party workers. Some party workers directly purchased T-shirt and sarees embossed with messages,” BJP’s spokesman Pradip Sinha said.

“These items have been made so attractive that they hit voters’ mind in no time,” Sinha claimed.The Congress has also taken the same course projecting its achievements, symbols and names of candidates to garner support from the voters.

“With the strict model code of conduct in force, these are the novel ways to campaign and spread our party’s message,” he added.

PCC spokesman Sailesh Sinha said, “We are also using social media to reach out to voters.”
Other political parties have also devised their style of campaigning.

“We are using motorcycles with the youth riding across the constituencies with party flags, wearing stickers with party symbol, vans fitted with audio songs with filmy tunes and setting up hoardings with the permission of the Election Commission,” AJSU Party vice-president Praveen Prabhakar said.

The EC has already lodged 167 FIRs in connection with defacing private property by the campaigning parties.