Nowadays, crores of rupees are spent for campaigning in elections. Promotion is done through social media and many other mediums. But do you know that once upon a time publicity was done only through posters. That too, election campaigning is done through a limited number of posters.
There was no show of force of any kind
In the 60s, election campaigning was done in a very simple manner. There was no display of strength of any kind for publicity. Election rallies were conducted only through meetings. Although posters were used for election campaigning. But they too were few in number.
Money power was not used in elections
In the 60s, posters were pasted for election campaign. During that time money power was not used for election campaign. Village heads were given posters numbered according to their village. Let us tell you that in those times, the means of transport were very limited. Due to lack of means of transport, election bags were distributed to the village heads 15 days in advance.
Election bags were distributed
Election bags were given to village heads for campaigning. Laborers were employed to transport election bags from the district headquarters to the villages. Along with this, laborers were also employed to deliver the luggage of election officials to the polling stations. For this, laborers were booked in advance from the villages.
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