Thiruvananthapuram: In a first of its kind for the present assembly elections transport minister and UDF candidate for the Kottayam constituency Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan participated in a TweetChat on Thursday, from 2 pm to 3 pm with the hashtag #KeralaForYou through his account https://twitter.com/Thiruvanchoor.
The chat was hosted by online political commentator Tinu Cherian Abraham with the account https://twitter.com/tinucherian. The one hour Tweet Chat recorded a twitter account reach of around 3,00,000. The exposure of the chat was around 5,00,00,00. The total tweets were over 100.
The topics discussed today included politics, sports, cinema and youth. Some of the prominent questions and answers are below:
Q: LDF and Congress came together in West Bengal for defeating BJP, will something like that happen in Kerala?
A: The political situation in the two states is different. Mamata Banerjee was a Congress leader.
Q: Can government set up a football academy of international standards and renowned coaches in Kerala?
A: We are planning to have one in Malappuram, preliminary works are going on.
Q: Do you believe that the ban of liquor is 100 percent possible, how is it affecting Kerala’s tourism?
A: Government mandates bar licences for 5-star as part of tourism promotion.
Q: Kerala hosts one of the largest film festivals, why has the Kerala film industry did not receive that recognition?
A: National film awards, which again is an example of the recognition received by the Kerala film industry. Actors, filmmakers and technicians from Kerala film industry have bagged several awards.
