Agartala, Oct 30, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, Oct 30: Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, who is physically taking part in various government and organizational programmes on a regular basis, is also gaining popularity on the social networking platforms.
 
With assembly elections round the corner, Dr. Saha being the Chief Minister is visibly going through a busy schedule. But, his active participation in social media is evidently making an impact.
 
While highlighting the government’s welfare activities and major decisions to the larger audience through social networking, Dr. Saha is also connecting with the masses by promoting the state’s tourist destinations. He also shares/ highlights the major decisions of the central government through social media with an objective to make the people aware so that they can avail the benefits.

With 84K followers on Facebook and 31.9K followers on Twitter, he is leaving no stone unturned to virtually reach out to the people. Dr. Saha saw a sudden spike in the number of followers on social media platforms based on his pro-people activities since he became the Chief Minister on May 15 last. As per the information available in the official facebook page of the Chief Minister, it has been created in January 2020. 

Engagements on social media refer to the number of people liking, mentioning, tweeting, re-tweeting, commenting or replying to comments made by a user.
 
“While most of the state governments and political parties as well as the central government are using social media as a powerful tool to reach out to the people, the active participation of the Tripura Chief Minister in social networking sites is a good sign in terms of connecting with the masses,” a social media enthusiast commented.
 
He observed, the Tripura Chief Minister makes simple descriptive captions in social media posts to ensure that all sections, especially the poor, marginalised and vulnerable, are well-informed. (TT PC)