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Virtual reality: BJP's campaign blueprint for Bihar polls in Covid-19 era

Among the 21 points flagged in the 23-page booklet are the "help" extended by the Modi government to 5.2 million workers to reach their homes in Bihar in 3,840 "Shramik" trains in 25 days

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Home Minister Amit Shah adressing a party workers meet ahead of Bihar elections via video conferencing | Photo: PTI

5 min read Last Updated : Jun 14 2020 | 5:03 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Jan Samwad programme on June 7 for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, office-bearers, elected representatives, and workers in Bihar marked a pivotal change in the party’s campaigning style and approach.

Shah was not present in Patna or any other Bihar town when he spoke for nearly 40 minutes. He took the mic at the party’s Delhi headquarters, appropriately masked, to signify the omnipresence of coronavirus. The Bihar contingent heard him out at the Patna office. Although Shah maintained the public meeting had nothing to do with the Bihar elections — scheduled to be held in

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