The party also claimed that until June one, the page’s ‘most popular city’ feature showed that most of the followers were from Jaipur which later in the month changed to Istanbul. The chief minister must clarify as to why his recent followers were from Turkey, Jyoti said.

On the other hand, Lokesh Sharma, who handles the page, rejected the allegation and said that it was a baseless allegation to tarnish the image of the Chief minister. “BJP is disturbed due to increasing popularity of the chief minister so they are levelling baseless allegations,” he said.

But the CM’s technical team defended the charge, saying the “likes” are genuine. However Indian Express noted that, Just after midnight, the page had 1,99,303 ‘Likes’, and 63,588 people were ‘Talking About This’. Earlier in the day, the latter number was 78,026.

According to the ReadWriteWeb, the problem with the purchased ‘likes’ is that, they vanish. Facebook finds such fraudulent accounts and might delete them. So what happens to our politicians who were on one day the most liked person and the next day not as much. Does paid “likes” actually boast one’s chances of attracting the masses and eventually lead to a politician win? Let us know by your comments.  

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