Didi ke Bolo | |
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Location | West Bengal |
Key people |
Mamata Banerjee Prashant Kishore |
Website | Official website |
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Didi Ke Bolo ( transl. Tell Didi) [1] is an initiative started by the All India Trinamool Congress, that provides a platform for the people of West Bengal to directly lodge concerns or complaints to the Trinamool chairperson and state chief minister Mamata Banerjee. As of 13 August 2019 [update], nearly 500,000 grievances were lodged using this platform. [2]
All India Trinamool Congress appointed Prashant Kishor as their political strategist after 2019 Indian general election. Kishor conducted a series of meetings with the senior leaders of All India Trinamool Congress, and came up with the idea of "Didi Ke Bolo". [3] [4] [5]
A 250-members team runs an office for "Didi Ke Bolo" at Rajarhat, Kolkata. When someone calls to lodge a grievance, an executive receives the call, and notes down the contact information of the caller, and the nature of the complaint. Complaints are received from the project's official website also. Usually, a complainant gets a call back within 48 hours. The entire process is supervised by the chief minister's grievance cell. [2]
According to The New Indian Express, this campaign received good response from the people of West Bengal. [6] As of 13 August 2019 [update] nearly 500,000 grievances were lodged using this platform. [2] More than one lakh people have called the helpline number in the last 24 hours to convey their messages to the chief minister. [7] In August 2019, a person in Durgapur, West Bengal was beaten up by after he lodged corruption complaint against a local political leader. [8] On 8 August 2019, 20 Bengali families from Karnataka were rescued by complaining in "Didi Ke Bolo". Their houses were surrounded by flood water. [9] [10] [11]
Dilip Ghosh, BJP chief of West Bengal, claimed that the campaign is copied from BJP's Chai Pe Charcha. [12] Indian National Congress leader Somen Mitra launched "Didike Bolchi" and asked several questions. Mitra remarked "We want to keep the questions and answers on record, which necessitated our own website". [13]
Didi ke Bolo | |
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Location | West Bengal |
Key people |
Mamata Banerjee Prashant Kishore |
Website | Official website |
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Incumbent
Electoral Performance Early Political Movements Tenure as Chief Minister
Initiatives
Controversies
Political Slogans
Gallery: Picture, Sound, Video |
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Didi Ke Bolo ( transl. Tell Didi) [1] is an initiative started by the All India Trinamool Congress, that provides a platform for the people of West Bengal to directly lodge concerns or complaints to the Trinamool chairperson and state chief minister Mamata Banerjee. As of 13 August 2019 [update], nearly 500,000 grievances were lodged using this platform. [2]
All India Trinamool Congress appointed Prashant Kishor as their political strategist after 2019 Indian general election. Kishor conducted a series of meetings with the senior leaders of All India Trinamool Congress, and came up with the idea of "Didi Ke Bolo". [3] [4] [5]
A 250-members team runs an office for "Didi Ke Bolo" at Rajarhat, Kolkata. When someone calls to lodge a grievance, an executive receives the call, and notes down the contact information of the caller, and the nature of the complaint. Complaints are received from the project's official website also. Usually, a complainant gets a call back within 48 hours. The entire process is supervised by the chief minister's grievance cell. [2]
According to The New Indian Express, this campaign received good response from the people of West Bengal. [6] As of 13 August 2019 [update] nearly 500,000 grievances were lodged using this platform. [2] More than one lakh people have called the helpline number in the last 24 hours to convey their messages to the chief minister. [7] In August 2019, a person in Durgapur, West Bengal was beaten up by after he lodged corruption complaint against a local political leader. [8] On 8 August 2019, 20 Bengali families from Karnataka were rescued by complaining in "Didi Ke Bolo". Their houses were surrounded by flood water. [9] [10] [11]
Dilip Ghosh, BJP chief of West Bengal, claimed that the campaign is copied from BJP's Chai Pe Charcha. [12] Indian National Congress leader Somen Mitra launched "Didike Bolchi" and asked several questions. Mitra remarked "We want to keep the questions and answers on record, which necessitated our own website". [13]