Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu asks ministers, MLAs to be active on social media

GUWAHATI: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu asks politicians, especially ministers, parliamentary secretaries, MLAs and party workers to be active on social media and reach out to the people.

He said social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even WhatsApp can be utilized to the optimum to create awareness about government’s policies and programmes and also to highlight the government’s achievements.

Speaking at a workshop on social media, Khandu said social media is a two-way interactive medium where people in government and party receive feedbacks from the people upon which they can work to further improve their performances.


“Social media has changed the very definition of communication. Today everyone is on one or the other social media platform and these platforms have become the best and strongest mediums of communication with the people,” he pointed.

“The best part of social media for us is that we can show to the people what we are doing, what we have done and what we want to do in real time. Our MLAs, ministers and MPs work a lot. They tour interiors places in their constituencies, they oversee works being implemented, take review meetings with officers, launch new and innovative programmes but people in the rest part of the state or the country are not aware of these. They can now highlight their efforts on social media and also get feedbacks from the people,” Khandu observed.