India's 10 most active politicians on Facebook, Twitter

New Delhi: With more than half of India's population young, our politicians have now resorted to the social media to reach out to their young voters. It was Congress president Sonia Gandhi who told the party Chintan Shivir in Jaipur that the leaders should now focus on connecting with the young voters through social media. Sonia Gandhi had also advised them to use the social media to counter accusations and insinuations against the Congrss. Now, we have politicians who update their Facebook accounts almost on a daily basis, and also access Twitter and YouTube regularly. We present here a list of 10 politicians who have a major fan following on social networking sites and are full of zip in interacting with people on these sites. 1. Narendra Modi: With approximately 1.3 million followers on his Facebook page, Modi is one of the most famous politicians on social media. He joined Facebook and Twitter in 2009 and became the first politician to use Google Plus. He keeps updating his pages on FB and twitter with inspirational quotes from Swami Vivekananda and recent happenings and advancements in Gujarat state. He mainly targets youth through his social networking. People are highly responsive towards his updates by liking, commenting and sharing his updates.Modi has a dedicated website on which developments in Gujarat done by Modi government are given in large detail. He has a Youtube channel which has reached the 15,000 mark for number of subscribers and has more than 1500 videos of Modi's rallies and functions. 2. Rahul Gandhi: With his vision to change the face of politics, he has always been accessible to common man. Not only has Rahul Gandhi lent his ears to people in person but he has also been very interactive on his Facebook page. Rahul has approximately 2.5 lakh fans on his page. Not only Facebook, he is a very active blog writer too. He writes blogs which get published for people to know his views on issues. 3. Shashi Tharoor: At times, Shashi Tharoor is also referred to as the "Twitter minister''. Tharoor might not have an official page on Facebook but to cover that up, he has almost 15 lakh followers on Twitter. That count also makes him the most persuasive politician on Twitter. He tweets on latest happenings in the government, his interviews and incidents taking place in the country. The rate of recurrence of his tweets his pretty high with almost 4-5 tweets a day. And the "cattle class" is laughing out loud.4. Sushma Swaraj: She has made her presence felt on social networking sites very prominently. Although she might not have an official Facebook page but her following is such that her community page on Facebook has approximately 95,000 likes. Also, she has more than 3 lakh followers on Twitter. She tweets approximately 2-3 times every 2-3 days. She has a maintained a playlist for her speeches on YouTube. An average of 33 videos is present with approximately more than 16 hours of duration. 5. Manmohan Singh: Mr. Prime Minister has an official page on Facebook with more than 3.5 lakh fans. He tweets frequently and has a dedicated website on which one can find his speeches, press releases, photos and videos. His Facebook page is updated with latest activities in the government, PM's conferences and functions. He tweets on various social issues and latest happenings around the country. 6. L K Advani: The Bhisma Pitamaha of BJP leaders makes use of social networking to the fullest to convey his ideologies. He has a large number of fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter. He has an official website called http://www.lkadvani.in on which one can find every detail about his background, his latest activities, speeches etc. He writes blogs frequently and one can find those blogs on his website. 7. Chandrababu Naidu: Naidu was the man who brought the IT revolution to Andhra Pradesh. He has an official Facebook page with almost 35,000 fans on it. He very actively publishes posts and shares his views with his fans and followers. He also writes blogs and conveys his views to general public. 8. Omar Abdullah: The J&K chief minister is an active tweeter. He connects to people through his frequent tweets. He has over 1 lakh followers on Twitter and he interacts with people frequently. He has built an interesting connection with people on Twitter. He does not have a dedicated YouTube channel but YouTube automatically re-directs to a page with his 30 videos. He is quite popular among his followers. 9. S M Krishna: The former external affairs minister has almost 32,000 followers on Twitter. He keeps updating his followers on various issues, and stays in touch with his followers in India and abroad regularly. 10. Rajeev Chandrasekhar: He represents Karnataka Urban in parliament and is net savvy. He not only owns a website but also has a Facebook page and a good number of followers on Twitter. He tweets regularly over different topics related to the nation. He has approximately 1 lakh followers on Twitter. He shares his opinions with public through his blogs also. His website has various quotes said by Chandrasekhar which are inspirational in nature. His website also has details regarding parliament proceedings which are detailed under various categories like `Questions raised', Bills introduced', `Speeches delivered' etc.