India too seems to be caught up with such a trend, but here it’s the politicians who seem to be in hurry then the corporate houses.

The Rajasthan CM is in hot soup over allegations that he bought Facebook ‘likes’ to boost his image. The rival BJP alleged that Ashok Gehlot has bought fake ‘Likes’ for his official Facebook page operated by a technical team. A BJP spokesperson claimed that the chief minister’s official Facebook page ‘Apka Mukhyamantri‘ (Your Chief Minister) had 1,69,077 likes till June one and it shot up to to 2,14,639 by June 30.

“This is a ‘social media scam’ involving Gehlot. Some IT companies sell fake ‘Likes’ and it is apparent with its sudden rise that unfair practice to gain popularity on Facebook was involved,” party spokesperson Jyoti said in a statement, reports PTI.

However, the team operating the page have termed the allegations as baseless.

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