15,000 likes on Facebook, 5,000 followers on Twitter: Congress diktat to ticket aspirants in MP

Ahead of the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress party has issued a diktat to poll ticket aspirants to get likes on Facebook and followers on Twitter.

In a letter issued to workers by Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), ticket aspirants must have a Facebook page with 15,000 likes and 5000 followers on Twitter.

The party has also laid down several criteria for the candidates in the upcoming polls.

Asking party workers to become active on the WhatsApp group, the letter said that they must like & retweet every post on MPCC's twitter account'.

MPCC has also asked party workers to provide information related to Whatsapp, Twitter and Facebook to the IT cell by September 15.

The image of the letter signed by MPCC vice president CP Shekhar was shared on Twitter by news agency ANI.

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) writes in a letter to ticket aspirants, 'candidates in upcoming polls must have 15,000 likes on their FB page, 5000 followers on Twitter,& a WhatsApp group of booth-level workers.They must like&retweet every post on MPCC's twitter account' pic.twitter.com/tvrh9aAVJp

— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2018

The BJP's target is 200 seats out of the 230 Assembly constituencies in the state. The saffron party had won 165 seats in the 2013 Assembly elections, while its main competitor Congress had won 58.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will visit Madhya Pradesh on September 17 to attend various programmes.