Varanasi: Referring to the generation born after 2000, BJP national general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge Vinod Tawde on Friday said many young people had not personally experienced the pre-2014 period. He urged party workers to engage with them and explain, using facts, what he described as the positive changes since Narendra Modi came to power.Tawde also called on party workers to counter what he termed the opposition’s “lies, deceit and rumours” on social media with truth, data and verified facts.While addressing the BJP Varanasi Lok Sabha Social Media Workshop at the Commissionerate auditorium, he said digital platforms are no longer merely spaces for presence, but powerful tools to connect with citizens and communicate effectively.Tawde said workers must not only follow narratives but build their own fact-based narratives. He stressed the need to take the government’s achievements and Kashi’s development story to people through Facebook, X and Instagram.He also called for highlighting PM Modi’s 25 years in public life and the transformation of Varanasi.Harsh Chaturvedi of the national social media department presented the “Kashi Vikas Gatha” and underlined the three Cs of digital strategy: content, creativity and continuity. He said that since 2014, projects worth over Rs 61,000 crore had been undertaken in Kashi, with 536 of 727 completed and 191 under construction.
