'Go out and vote': Game of Thrones goes viral this election season

Coincidentally, the show's finale will air on May 19, the day of the seventh and last phase of polling in Election 2019

Quick to seize on the fevered anticipation for the final season of “Game of Thrones”, the Election Commission (EC), the Press Information Bureau (PIB) and even the Congress are using popular references from the hit HBO series to make themselves heard in the poll season.

As the war between the seven kingdoms for the Iron Throne in Westeros is set to conclude with the final season of the much-acclaimed show, known for its portrayal of power dynamics, the poll panel and the PIB are drawing inspiration from it to maximise voter turnout in the ongoing 2019 general elections. The Opposition Congress