Indian Politicians on Twitter

2009 has been game changing year for Indian Politics. If 2008 saw America come out and vote a black man to White House, Change did come to India in 2009. If last five years were interlaced with two steps in reverse (read left direction) for every step taken forward, India will hope that next five years more than compensates for that.

Twitter has played a pivotal role in helping politicians all over world reach their "Followers" . The rise of Twitter has been phenomenal - and it has made its presence felt on political scene too. So if American politicians used Twitter extensively, can Indian Politicians be far behind ? Back Home, we have Mr Rahul Gandhi tweeting away about development and government policies. [Update: Rahul Gandhi's Twitter Account was hacked it seems. The page no longer exists. Unfortunate] You can also find the man from Gujarat, Mr Narendra Modi - Tweeting about Gujarat's development. And then we have the suave Mr Shashi Tharoor - A journalist, author, former UN under secretary general who ran for the post of UN Secretary General in 2006. And now the Congress MP from Trivandrum and Minister of State in Ministry of External Affairs.

Among all this twitter-mania, Mr L K Advani seems to have missed out. He was too busy appearing on blogs and RSS feeds.Bad Luck. This is 2009 , not 2007.

The followers of these Indian Politicians on Twitter are far less compared to their American Counterparts, but its growing day by day. By the time, next elections come around, We will surely have more politicians on Twitter. Probably they will be addressing huge rallies on Twitter with lots of followers. They wouldnt have to stand on dias and blurt out long drawn speeches ( Only 140 Chars allowed!). Folllowers wouldnt have to sit in hot sun. Politicians would not need to pay to bring people to their rallies. Possibilities are endless. Maybe Twitter by then would evolve into something that is unimaginable to most of us today. Maybe we would cast our votes with hand held devices using Apps similar to Twitter. You never know!

Some more Indian Politicians on Twitter

Rajeev Chandrasekhar -Member of Rajya Sabha, represents Karnataka state and Bangalore Urban district http://twitter.com/rajeev_mp

S M Krishna - Former CM of Karnataka http://twitter.com/smkrishnacong

Captain Gopinath - Independent MP Candidate from South Bangalore http://twitter.com/CaptainGopinath

Dr Mallika Sarabhai - MP Candidate for Lok Sabha Elections 2009 http://twitter.com/mallikasarabhai