Analysis of the news - Eco-friendly elections - need of the hour

Area- Eco-friendly Elections - need of the hour

The Article is basically emphasising the need of Eco-friendly campaigning for the elections.

Title - Adhere to green protocol for Eco-friendly Elections

Publication Information -  This Article was published on Monday, April 22, 2019, in the column of *Ludhiana Tribune* on the occasion of *The Earth Day*.

Statement of the topic and purpose

The statement of the topic is Adhering to green protocol for Eco - friendly Elections and its purpose is to let the politicians be aware of some Eco-friendly ways campaigns as the old campaigning system produces lots of plastic waste.  The Author has given a very systematic and practical implementation of Eco-friendly elections by using the power of the Election Commission.  He emphasised the use of recyclable materials and Social Media.

The Title of the Article indicates that the writer wants to adopt the new innovative methods for the campaigning of the Election.

Description and Summary

India is considered to be the largest democracy in the world where the election is common and routine phenomena.  During the Election, parties use a lot of materials for the campaigns.  But these materials aren't Eco-friendly. Therefore, the recyclable materials need to be used and in case any party or candidate refuse to use it then it should be banned for contesting.

Social Media can also be used as a good alternative for the campaign as the age-old method of campaign creates lots and lots of attic wastes.

Moreover, the traditional ways of campaigning can only cater a few people, whereas the use of social media can connect these parties and leaders to the young voters who play a decisive role in electing the government.  And this is a good way to shun the use of plastic.

So keeping in view of the cleanliness and the environment, only eco-friendly material should to used by the political parties.

Interpretation and Evaluation

This Article is giving a new insight for conducting political campaigning before the elections and it can be the best solution for shunning the uses of plastic because it is quite dreadful for our environment.  The Author has given the multiple ways of election campaigns like through using the recyclable materials and social media.  He has given the ground level solution of the problem by using the powers of the Election Commission.

The use of social media can definitely be a good idea as these days all of the people are quite active in it and moreover, the use of social media can help them to spread their agenda in a comprehensive and effective manner.