Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who fought a fierce poll battle in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, had to return to the national capital just two days after the polling to take part in the BJP’s outreach process steered by the party headquarters.
Using his reach in the IT sector, Chandrasekhar recently organised a meeting with leaders of tech ecosystem, unicorns, startups and entrepreneurs.
Almost all the top tech leaders were in attendance, sharing their experience as entrepreneurs under the Narendra Modi government. Many of them were excited to click pictures at the selfie stations curated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cutout at the venue.
Senior First-Timer
Among the first-time voters who would queue up to exercise their franchise in the national capital on Saturday there would be at least one septuagenarian who would cast his vote for the first time. This voter is Arvind Panagariya, Chairman, 16th Finance Commission.
Panagariya, a Professor at Columbia University, has served as the NITI Aayog vice-chairman also. He will cast his vote at Wonderland Kids School, New Moti Bagh, New Delhi.
Crowd Control
A stampede-like situation witnessed recently at the rally of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Phulpur (Prayagraj) has prompted the organisers to pay special attention to the sturdiness of barricades to be put up for the joint rally of the two leaders in Kushinagar on May 28.
On May 19 in Phulpur, Rahul and Akhilesh had to leave without addressing the crowd after some of the spectators climbed on top of the barricades in an attempt to meet the leaders.
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In Kushinagar, the organisers are focusing on crowd management to ensure the programme is not interrupted when the two leaders come on the stage.
