New Delhi: Coronavirus pandemic has changed it all for almost all in the world. The whole world and the way it operated has been changed.
Therefore, the election process in a country like India has also been affected.
In India, where elections are treated as festivals, have changed to a great extent with political parties experimenting with "virtual rallies" instead of huge gatherings that would be organised for months before and after any election in the country.
The year 2020 has Bihar assembly elections in October-November and the political parties have already started missing the crowd that would gather to hear from their leaders. The promises that they would make and the criticism of the rival parties in front of thousands of people sitting or standing in the open without worrying about the harsh weather condition will all be missing this year and probably the next year too - courtesy coronavirus, the highly contagious disease that has already disrupted the whole world.
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BJP and a few other political parties have realised that it's a new game and hence new rules. The saffron party has taken the lead and have been addressing its own workers and the leaders across the nation through the internet.
It has come up with the concept of "virtual rallies". The BJP has already held a large number of online meetings, briefings and rallies.
There other parties too that are strengthening their online methods and following the BJP to get the message across.
To prepare themselves for the upcoming Bihar and the West Bengal elections, political parties have left no stone unturned. The BJP has appointed over nine thousand workers as heads of the party's IT cells across India.
Social media platforms, including whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter, are being used to reach out to the public and also to remain motivated and united.
However, it would be interesting to see if they are able to convince the public to come out and vote for them in these times of health crisis.
