With eye on 2019 Lok Sabha polls, UP BJP to create 50,000 WhatsApp groups

BJP has established a well-oiled IT team at almost 163,000 poll booths in UP

To unleash cyber power in the run-up to the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh will create almost 50,000 WhatsApp groups for communicating with the electorate.   

Among all the major parties, BJP commands the strongest and well-entrenched cyber team to leverage the power of social and new media for electioneering and disseminating its ideology. 

In the run-up to the 2017 UP polls, the party had created about 15,000 WhatsApp groups to reach out to the masses and propagate its election messages. Most of these WhatsApp groups are still active and the party