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This is an archive article published on May 24, 1999

BJP workers learn Public Relation

VADODARA, May 23: About 135 BJP representatives from all the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies of the State were asked to hone their public-rel...

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VADODARA, May 23: About 135 BJP representatives from all the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies of the State were asked to hone their public-relation skills and smoothen rough edges in their interaction with media-persons in preparation for the upcoming elections in the two-day media workshop which concluded here on Sunday.

At least 10 speakers, some of whom are associated with the media, exhorted the participants to realise the media8217;s importance, its role and the speed with which it works. Examples of the recent national crisis about vegetable, salt and edible oils prices figured in the workshop, even as the communal tension in different parts of the State was termed to have been 8220;blown out of proportions by a section of the media8221;.

This happened due to the delay or absence of any response from the state BJP, says party spokesman in Gujarat Bharat Pandya. 8220;And it is because of these flaws of party workers that the party8217;s image took a beating, at least in the eyes of viewers of electronic media and readers of newspapers and magazines8221;, he said, adding that participants have been asked to be alert in the future.

He announced that a State media cell convenor would be appointed in each district in the State who would have access to phones and fax to communicate with the State headquarters. The units at six major cities 8212; namely Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Rajkot would have E-mail facilities as well, he added.

Well-known journalist and Rajya Sabha member Arun Shourie, Praful Goradia, MP Rajya Sabha, senior journalists Dinanath Mishra, Hari Desai and Ajay Umat, leaders K D Jeswani, Gordhan Jhadapia, Sanjay Joshi, and others spoke during the workshop.

 

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