How is campaigning done for elections held in India?
Answer:
- In India, election campaigns take place for a two-week period between the announcement of the final list of candidates and the date of polling.
- During this period, the candidates contact their voters.
- Political leaders address election meetings and political parties mobilise their supporters.
- This is also the period when newspapers and the television news broadcasting channels are full of election-related stories and debates.
- During election campaigns, political parties try to focus the public attention on some big issues.
- They want the public to vote for their party on that basis.