Comments on: Advani Does An Obama – Leveraging Online Media For Political Success

By: Maneesh Madambath

Maneesh Madambath — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:55:31 +0000

I think Advani should take a cue from Omar Abdullah on how to use the web

By: Saurabh Pandey

Saurabh Pandey — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:03:36 +0000

Only 9% of Youths who are eligible for voting in India actually voted in the last general elections!

Where are the rest 91% of eligible youth voters? And more importantly why are they not voting?

Politicians need to talk to the youth-wherever they are! And they need to address their concerns in their own turf.

Most of these youths are on the internet and have their own social networks. It’s important to start a dialogue with them and increase their participation- in that, launching lkadvani.in is a good initiative.

I would also say that the blog is a nice initiative (not as polished and sleek as one would want it to be but a decent start)

The challenge now is to start and engage youth through a social media strategy. Infact ‘Politicians in India going the Obama way’ was one of the Digital Trends to Observe in 2009 @ http://www.atomthought.com

By: Yash

Yash — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:44:42 +0000

The site sucks! Although it is better than the sites of other politicians and political parties and most of the government websites, its nothing compared of the site of Gujarat Chief Minister Mr Narendra Modi.

Of course the blog is a new thing for any politician in India, lets see how far it goes in connecting Advani with net savvy younger generation of voters.