Oraniyil Tamil Nadu: DMK campaign to feel the pulse of voters
'Stalin receives up-to-date status reports every day detailing the performance of each union, district and functionaries both those excelling and those lagging. He uses these reports during his one-on-one meetings with constituency-wise functionaries,' said a source.
Under 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu', the party has plans to reach approximately 2 crore households in 45 days. A team of party cadre along with a digital agent, a youth and a woman will visit every house within their respective polling booths across the state's 68,000 booths.
The party functionaries carry a questionnaire leaflet containing six 'Yes-or-No' questions.
They are read aloud to members of each household and the appropriate boxes are ticked based on the response. While the leaflet includes a question asking whether the respondent wished to join the 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu' campaign, answering 'Yes' to this does not mean they would automatically be enrolled as a party member.
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