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BJP makes WhatsApp groups, Facebook pages for outreach ahead of MP bypolls

The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to make the best use of the digital medium

Shivraj Singh Chouhan
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The by-elections to these 24 Assembly seats, expected to take place in September

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A day of protests

Wednesday was a day of protests. The sectoral unions of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, the trade union arm of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, held protests against the government’s plans to privatise public sector undertakings (PSUs), ordinance factories and public sector banks (PSBs). Its unions in MTNL, defence production, PSUs and PSBs held protests across the country. The All India Kisan Sabha, the farmers’ outfit affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), protested the Centre’s recent Ordinances on agriculture by burning copies of these laws. A diversion to these anti-government protests was provided by the Confederation of