Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal was the latest one to join the social media bandwagon. But she, who joined Facebook in July, was able to get more than 1.5 lakh followers within just over 2 months. The CM was in news headlines earlier this year for controversies relate to being “intolerant” of comments and cartoons about her on social networking sites.

After she made her presence in the social networks, according to the Hindu, Ms Banerjee now spends close to half-an-hour every day on. She effectively used the social network to direct her opinion reach the people on her recent clash with the UPA government.

Firstpost even stated at that time: “Everyone knows that Mamata Banerjee’s preferred platform of communication is Facebook. She’s forever posting messages on her Facebook, page, and receiving feedback therefrom. “

While the seniors in politics go ahead with their social networks, the young political leaders of India are not far behind. Rahul agandhi, has more than 1 lakh followers in both Twitter and Facebook. J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has more than 1.7 lakh followers.