India Narrative

  The Bharatiya Janata Party, in this election season during the third wave of COVID-19 in the country, is fully prepared to reach out to a large number of voters in Uttar Pradesh virtually through social media, said state social media head Ankit Chandel. The Election Commission of India has imposed restrictions on holding physical rallies due to the ongoing third wave of COVID-19. However, the parties have been allowed to hold virtual rallies and door-to-door campaigns in the poll-bound states. Speaking to ANI, Chandel said, "We are preparing for the virtual rallies. Planning for the same is underway. The virtual rallies will begin at the end of this month." The social media head informed that the training for the virtual rallies had begun during the second wave in the country itself in 2021. "The training for the virtual rallies was given during the second wave of COVID-19. We had conducted three big rallies in which national president JP Nadda, Narendra Singh Tomar an