Punjab CM Bhagwat MannImage Credit source: tv9 Hindi
The Punjab government will take the help of social media influencers to promote the work of the government and for this the Punjab government has also issued a policy. On this, Punjab BJP State President Sunil Jakhar has raised questions regarding this. He alleged that in the name of improving the image of the government, everything is being done to promote the government’s propaganda by paying money to social media influencers. Aam Aadmi Party and BJP leaders have come face to face regarding this.
Let us tell you that to join the Punjab government, influencers should have at least ten thousand subscribers and the image should be clean. No case should be registered against the influencer. Five categories have been created for this. A provision has been made to pay them Rs 3 to 8 lakh for each campaign of the Punjab government.
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However, as soon as the Punjab government has released the policy, Punjab BJP state president Sunil Jakhar has raised questions regarding it. Sunil Jakhar has tweeted and alleged that in the name of improving the image of the government, everything is being done to promote the government’s propaganda by paying money to social media influencers.
He said that social media influencers will be given up to ₹ 8 lakh per campaign and that is why Punjab Influencer Empowerment Policy has been brought and this is the Punjab government’s effort to influence the influencers by paying them.
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In response, Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab Chief Spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang also took Sunil Jakhar to task through a tweet and said that the policy on which you are raising questions is already being used in BJP ruled Uttar Pradesh. Has been.
He said that Rajasthan government also uses similar policy to promote tourism and promote its historical sites.
He said that the Punjab government also plans to promote the history of Punjab, its historical places and heritage-culture through social media influencers and there is nothing wrong in it. Malvinder Singh Kang told Sunil Jakhar that his Union Minister also gives interviews to social media influencers,
These are the conditions to be a social media influencer:-
Registration form can be submitted by visiting https://bit.ly/Punjabinfluencerpolicy portal.
The influencer should not be blacklisted by any state government, PSU or company.
There should not be any obscene material or any post against the country or society on the page of the social media influencer.
If included on the government panel, recognition will be given for 2 years and during this period the Punjab government will give money per campaign as per the promotion of the project.
To come on the government panel, there should not be any case registered against the social media influencer.
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