The ruling Janata Dal (United) in Bihar is using social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp in a big way to campaign for the state assembly elections starting on October 28.
“Now when the election commission guidelines have come, there would be some physical meetings and rallies, too, but digital will be a major part of our campaign,” state water resources minister Sanjay Jha told ET.
The party is managing around 400 dedicated WhatsApp groups, has created 53 separate pages on Facebook and has launched JDULive.com portal to connect with different sets of voters and party workers.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is at the centre of JD(U) campaign, will hold separate virtual rallies in every assembly constituency post October 8 when nomination for 71 constituencies that go to polls in the first phase will be over.
“This will be the first election during Covid-19 times and it will set an example for the world,” Jha said.
Party leaders told ET that more than 1,100 videos have been generated and circulated on digital platforms over the past few weeks and the number would rise significantly in coming days.
Through its 400 odd dedicated WhatsApp groups that are monitored from a centralised office in Patna, JD(U) connects its party workers up to the booth level. The groups are updated with daily campaign info and materials through video, graphics and text. The party also shares a weekly newsletter on every Wednesday highlighting the work done by the state government under its Saat Nischay program.
On Facebook, one of JD(U)’s newly created pages, ‘NitishCares’ has around 12,700 followers. It largely talks about work done by Kumar’s governments in recent years.
For attracting the youth voters, there is a page called Nitish Youth Sena that has more than 70,000 followers. The page is regularly updated with details about various government programmes for the youth and students.
The party is also preparing for public meetings. Kumar will do selective rallies in different regions.
“Though the party has embraced the new normal of digital outreach, it has also been using the traditional methods of electioneering, like creative hoardings and posters,” Jha said.
“One of the recent one was ‘Pura Bihar Hamara Parivaar’ which was put all over,” he said. It seeks to take a swipe at the “dynasty politics” of opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress while presenting Kumar as the leader of all.H-1B is one of the few visas offered by the United States that allow family members to join the visa holder during their length of stay in the US. To do so, the dependent family members (spouse and unmarried children under 21 years of age) will have to apply for the H4 visa.
H4 visa holders can go to school, open bank accounts, get a driver’s license and even receive a social security number. They can also legally work in the US after applying for an Employment Authorisation Document.
However, the H4 visas are valid only for as long as the supporting H-1B visa is valid.
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Dependants on H-4 and L-2 visas are legally not allowed to work and restricting their entry would not impact unemployment levels, he added.
Spouses on an H-4 visa can apply for an Employment Authorisation Document (H-4EAD), but this has been left untouched by the current proclamation.
Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/visa-and-immigration/spouses-on-h4-visas-stuck-in-india-following-trumps-ban/articleshow/76553846.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
As per the US president’s proclamation, H-4 visa holders who do not have a valid visa stamped on their passports as of June 24 are not allowed to enter the country till year end.
The move has resulted in hundreds of families facing the prospect of being separated for a further six months.
Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/visa-and-immigration/spouses-on-h4-visas-stuck-in-india-following-trumps-ban/articleshow/76553846.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
“Now when the election commission guidelines have come, there would be some physical meetings and rallies, too, but digital will be a major part of our campaign,” state water resources minister Sanjay Jha told ET.
The party is managing around 400 dedicated WhatsApp groups, has created 53 separate pages on Facebook and has launched JDULive.com portal to connect with different sets of voters and party workers.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is at the centre of JD(U) campaign, will hold separate virtual rallies in every assembly constituency post October 8 when nomination for 71 constituencies that go to polls in the first phase will be over.
“This will be the first election during Covid-19 times and it will set an example for the world,” Jha said.
Party leaders told ET that more than 1,100 videos have been generated and circulated on digital platforms over the past few weeks and the number would rise significantly in coming days.
Through its 400 odd dedicated WhatsApp groups that are monitored from a centralised office in Patna, JD(U) connects its party workers up to the booth level. The groups are updated with daily campaign info and materials through video, graphics and text. The party also shares a weekly newsletter on every Wednesday highlighting the work done by the state government under its Saat Nischay program.
On Facebook, one of JD(U)’s newly created pages, ‘NitishCares’ has around 12,700 followers. It largely talks about work done by Kumar’s governments in recent years.
For attracting the youth voters, there is a page called Nitish Youth Sena that has more than 70,000 followers. The page is regularly updated with details about various government programmes for the youth and students.
The party is also preparing for public meetings. Kumar will do selective rallies in different regions.
“Though the party has embraced the new normal of digital outreach, it has also been using the traditional methods of electioneering, like creative hoardings and posters,” Jha said.
“One of the recent one was ‘Pura Bihar Hamara Parivaar’ which was put all over,” he said. It seeks to take a swipe at the “dynasty politics” of opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress while presenting Kumar as the leader of all.H-1B is one of the few visas offered by the United States that allow family members to join the visa holder during their length of stay in the US. To do so, the dependent family members (spouse and unmarried children under 21 years of age) will have to apply for the H4 visa.
H4 visa holders can go to school, open bank accounts, get a driver’s license and even receive a social security number. They can also legally work in the US after applying for an Employment Authorisation Document.
However, the H4 visas are valid only for as long as the supporting H-1B visa is valid.
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Dependants on H-4 and L-2 visas are legally not allowed to work and restricting their entry would not impact unemployment levels, he added.
Spouses on an H-4 visa can apply for an Employment Authorisation Document (H-4EAD), but this has been left untouched by the current proclamation.
Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/visa-and-immigration/spouses-on-h4-visas-stuck-in-india-following-trumps-ban/articleshow/76553846.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
As per the US president’s proclamation, H-4 visa holders who do not have a valid visa stamped on their passports as of June 24 are not allowed to enter the country till year end.
The move has resulted in hundreds of families facing the prospect of being separated for a further six months.
Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/visa-and-immigration/spouses-on-h4-visas-stuck-in-india-following-trumps-ban/articleshow/76553846.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst