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TopicBJP IT cell

Topic: BJP IT cell

Why BJP has replaced Amit Malviya as party’s IT cell chief

Amit Malviya replaced with Deepak Mhaskey as BJP IT chief after 11 years, as the party seeks fresh ideas following Gen Z protests that exposed gaps in its social media outreach.

BJP’s Gen Z Instagram outreach has flopped. Friends are cringing

The tools of mockery BJP perfected have been picked up by teenagers who used them to demand a Union minister's resignation. Now, the government's response is to try and out-meme Gen Z.

The BJP’s digital monolith has cracked. Will it collapse?

The speed and scale of the CJP rupture suggest that the BJP's digital machinery was never as centralised or omnipotent as commonly imagined.

BJP media, IT cells have no idea of youth anger, stalking well-wishers instead—RSS ideologue Ratan Sharda

Bharatiya Janata Party's social media strategies are failing now because IT cell is no longer creating but reacting to narratives, he asserts.

BJP turned social media into its biggest asset. Now it’s the Modi govt’s biggest liability

The Modi government appears unable to shake itself free of X. It is increasingly pandering to social media outrage, a silent enabler of the monster it has itself created. 

SubscriberWrites: Reels, Memes, and Votes– BJP’s blind spot in the age of Saiyaara

Despite being a frontrunner in organizational strength and electoral management, BJP has not fully capitalized on youth preferred social media platforms and meme-based communication.

‘Congress office in Turkey’ claim: After FIRs, Arnab’s Republic TV admits error, Amit Malviya defiant

Complaints filed after Arnab Goswami-led Republic TV ran visuals of building in Türkiye claiming it was Congress party office. Visuals were shared by BJP functionary Amit Malviya.

How she likes her popcorn: Fresh, hot & taxed

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Author of RSS books Ratan Sharda blasts BJP’s Amit Malviya for ‘trolling citizens’ over Budget

Calling this a ‘serious problem’, the Organiser columnist said Malviya should not insult citizens, but instead allay fears.

More IT warriors, influencers, quality content: BJP’s push to up social media ante for 2024

BJP MPs attend social media workshop where party chief J. P. Nadda asks them to focus on pushing larger narrative, including government’s popular schemes, on social media.

On Camera

Stalking judges’ assets helps nobody. We must rethink how we audit our judges

Justice Yashwant Varma's resignation and guilty verdict sparked transparency calls. But public asset disclosure often scares future talent.

Gen Z prefers betting online, so casinos are reinventing the real-world experience

With Gen Z more likely to gamble online than visit casinos, operators are adding sports, spas, street food and social spaces to turn gaming venues into lifestyle destinations.

Finnish satellite giant ICEYE sets up India entity, plans local manufacturing for defence, intelligence

ICEYE builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, and cheaper to produce. This allows satellites to be used in clusters, providing much faster and more accurate data.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.