Do glitzy election campaigns work with voters in India, specially when the credentials of a government are being seriously questioned by the actions of its leading figures and ministers? Brand-expert Harish Bijoor joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. At the time of India shining there was still lot of optimism in the country. Today, with so much pessimism is the Self Drum beat of congress a right move? Asked by: premkumargutty
A. I do believe that any "drum-beat" that is hollow is wrong. If there is substance, you can and must advertise. Viewers and consumers disconnect themselves from hollow-shout.Therefore one must watch out for this!...
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04:34 PM, May 15, 2013
Pakistan's election season is heating up despite a bombing and threats of more violence. And there is another wild card in the race to lead chaotic Pakistan. Retired cricket idol Imran Khan told supporters on Sunday, "We will establish a new Pakistan." ...
09:31 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Islamabad: Two persons were killed and six others, including a former provincial legislator, injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's restive northwest on Sunday, police said. The blast targeted the motorcade of Awami National Party leader Adnan Wazir, a former member of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, in Wali Noor area of Bannu district. Wazir, a candidate for the May 11 polls, was on his way to an election rally at the...
01:09 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Tripura this week to campaign for the Congress for the February 14 Assembly election. Tripura Pradesh Congress member Pijush Biswas said, the Prime Minister will arrive here on February 9 and proceed to Ambassa, headquarter of the Dhalai district to address an election rally. ...
04:59 PM, Feb 03, 2013
US President Barack Obama got back to his election campaign on Thursday after spending three days away from poll-related activities to focus on the devastating storm Sandy and its aftermath. Obama had suspended his election campaign on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in view of the superstorm that devastated the country's Eastern Coast, claiming as many as 55 lives and leaving more than eight million people out of power. ...
03:35 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Mehsana: Ahead of the 2012 Gujarat Assembly elections, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday started his election campaign with a strong message against the Centre. Criticising the Congress, Modi said the CBI is being used to target him. With Vikenanda Yuva Vikas Yatra, the Chief Minister hit the campaign trail early as the Assembly elections will be a key to determine the prospect of Modi both in Gujarat and in...
07:43 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP leader Narendra Modi will kick off his election campaign for the upcoming Assembly Elections with a yatra on Tuesday. It's being called the Vivekanand Yuva Vikas Yatra to mark the day Swami Vivekananda made a historic speech in Chicago 150 years ago. The yatra will begin with a rally from from Becharaji in Mehsana district and will cover 182 assembly constituencies. Senior BJP...
08:09 AM, Sep 11, 2012
Athens: Greece's election campaign turned ugly on live TV. The spokesman of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party, after trading insults of "commie" and "fascist", lunged at two female left-wing politicians on a mainstream morning talk show, throwing water at one and smacking the other three times across the face. The violent display reminiscent of trash TV, a week and a half ahead of crucial elections, stunned Greeks as they seek...
09:12 AM, Jun 08, 2012
New Delhi: Thursday is the last day of campaigning in Uttar Pradesh and Goa with just 48 hours to go before both states go to polls. This will be Goa's first and only phase, while it will be Uttar Pradesh's seventh and final phase of the assembly elections. But Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati won't be canvassing for support on Thursday. Mayawati addressed her last election meetings...
08:38 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has roped in three well-known Indian-origin Americans - actor Kalpen Modi, California Attorney General, Kamla Harris and Sai Iyer, who served as a White House intern in 2011. The three figure among 35 Obama Campaign national co-chairs, who will act as key surrogates and ambassadors in the run up to the November presidential elections. "The president's national co-chairs will be tremendous assets on the...
03:54 AM, Feb 24, 2012
In 1999, we experienced a 'television moment'. We were covering Sonia Gandhi's Amethi campaign when we happened to meet her daughter Priyanka. For the next ...
12:08 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: After releasing a campaign pamphlet for the upcoming assembly polls in which Team Anna attacked the Congress accusing it of betraying the country on Lokpal issue, it will be kick-off its election campaign from Haridwar on Saturday. But the team has made it clear that it will not target any specific political party. The four page pamphlet titled 'Your Vote can Change the History of India " Betrayal...
06:34 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Lucknow: BJP has chalked out a massive campaign strategy focusing on issues like crime, corruption and inflation, to improve its performance in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday. Senior BJP leaders and Chief Ministers of the party-ruled states would also expose "shadow-boxing between SP, BSP and Congress", Naqvi, who is also convener of party's election management committee, told reporters. While...
09:42 AM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: Apparently hoping to undo the damage the party has suffered because of the Kushwaha episode, the BJP has deployed Gujarat CM Narendra Modi for the UP Assembly election campaign. He is expected to start work from next week. Although Modi will be among 40 star BJP campaigners, including LK Advani, leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj and film actress-turned-MP Hema Malini, party sources said his...
02:00 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he decided to seek reelection next year because his wife and his two daughters believe he is making a difference from the White House. "Look, Michelle and the kids are wonderful in that if I said, 'You know what, guys, I want to do something different,' they'd be fine. They're not invested in daddy being president or my husband being president," Obama...
08:25 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Monday opened his 2012 re-election campaign with a website announcement and e-mails and text messages to supporters. "This campaign is just kicking off," a short announcement said on www.barackobama.com. "We're opening up offices, unpacking boxes and starting a conversation with supporters like you to help shape our path to victory. 2012 begins now ..." The two-minute, 10-second video on the site, titled "It Begins...
04:29 PM, Apr 04, 2011
New Delhi: DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will kick-start his election campaign for state assembly polls on Wednesday from his home turf Tiruvarur and file his nomination papers to contest from Tiruvarur on Thursday. The 87 year-old leader will address three public meetings at Tiruvarur (March 23), Thanjavur (Mar24) and Tiruchirappalli (Mar25), a DMK release here said. He will file his nomination on March 24 at...
08:30 AM, Mar 23, 2011
Bad weather has affected political rallies, door-to-door campaigns, travel. ...
12:57 PM, Oct 05, 2009
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06:21 PM, Jun 08, 2009
All eyes are now on the seats going to polls on May 7 in the fourth phase. ...
10:31 AM, May 01, 2009
