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On Monday, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani hosted a ‘Twitter townhall’ where citizens asked him questions related to the state government. However, Twitterati was not very pleased with the initiative, and trolled him on the microblogging site.
Join Twitter Town Hall with Shri @vijayrupanibjp on 23 Sep from 10 am onward. Ask your questions at https://t.co/Xx0LE5avlu. #AskVijayRupani pic.twitter.com/o9AFc93Tcv
— BJP (@BJP4India) September 22, 2016
“Happy to announce that I am hosting a Twitter townhall on 23 September,” Rupani tweeted. “People of the state can ask me any question related to the development or administrative work or any other issues regarding the state,” Rupani said, in a video message posted on Twitter. Early morning on 23 September, Rupani had tweeted with his official handle that questioning would start at 10 am. But people soon realised that the time for response from the CM was missing. Soon people on Twitter started trolling Rupani. At 12.46 pm, the CM announced that the townhall was a “phenomenal success”. Twitterati wondered ‘where’ it happened.
Received thousands of tweets @twitter Townhall. Overwhelmed by your response.My office will follow up on the questions asked. Thank you all.
— Vijay Rupani Memorial (@vijayrupanibjp) September 23, 2016
#SocialMedia manager of #CM forgot to ask Time so didn't mentioned in tweet so you can #AskVijayRupani & get reply in 2017 - Technical Error pic.twitter.com/rS9kYcIfcf
— Divyesh Bhatt (@dnbhatt) September 23, 2016
Interactions? Where did it happen? #AskVijayRupani https://t.co/Z2e9VfLrD5
— Anirudh! (@aniwoodh) September 23, 2016
Why are you so scared of Arvind Kejriwal and AAP?#AskVijayRupani
— Rakesh (@AAPKA_RK) September 23, 2016
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@vijayrupanibjp Sir, RUDA is not cooperating with us for water logging issues during monsoon. Needs Asphalt/concreet roads. #AskVijayRupani
— Bhavin Joshi (@bhavinhjoshi) September 23, 2016
#AskVijayRupani छोटा था तब भी ये रास्ता ऐसा ही था जैसा आज है.कब ठीक होगा??surendranagar..Arun society.. pic.twitter.com/svfK2l0tdu
— Pratik Panchiya (@PPanchiya) September 23, 2016
Rupani had hoped to address people’s issues with the townhall. He had said that this would be an attempt to build a bridge between people and the government. According to the Chief Minister, due to social media it has become easier to communicate with the people directly. However, we think that the attempt seemed to back-fire a little. The Gujarat CM was also seen giving the same reply to a lot of questions on Twitter. The automated response went to a Twitter users irrespective of their questions. Moreover the responses were sent on Saturday, a day after the ‘Twitter townhall’ where the questions were posed.
Several users asked multiple questions from single @twitter handle on #AskVijayRupani. Some have been answered, rest will be answered too.
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) September 24, 2016
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