In West Bengal, candidates across party lines are engaging in quirky campaigns to connect with voters in their constituencies. From giving people a shave at a local barber shop to helping someone chop vegetables in a kitchen, candidates are doing it all to boost their prospects in the upcoming State Assembly elections.
These theatrical visuals from electoral campaigns have now gone viral on social media. Several social media influencers have also begun making parody versions of these viral videos.
Partha Hazari, a All India Trinamool Congress candidate from Hooghly’s Pursura, entered a local’s kitchen and began making rotis on a clay oven. The women of the house said that their LPG cylinder had run out, taking a dig at the current LPG crisis, which the Trinamool has raised as a major election issue against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). On the other hand, BJP’s Asansol Dakshin candidate Agnimitra Paul fried fritters at a local’s house. “Since our Chief Minister recommended that we fry fritters and tea to make money since there are no jobs in the State, this is what I am doing,” Ms. Paul said.
Ms. Paul further added that there is no industry in West Bengal, leading to a lack of jobs, and accused the Chief Minister of wrongfully claiming that 21 lakh jobs had been created in the State.
