JD(U) becomes first political party in country to use mobile app to assess performance of its functionaries

PATNA: Bihar’s ruling JD(U) has become the first political party in the country to use a

mobile app

to assess the performance of its office-bearers. The party has also developed an exclusive app named ‘JD(U)

Mulyankan

’ for the purpose.

Sources said though the ‘JD(U) Mulyankan’ has so far not been officially launched, the party functionaries- from block to state level—have been asked to register themselves on the party’s app. The app has been developed by the JD(U) media cell at the advice of the party’s state president

Umesh Singh Kushwaha

.

Sources said, the JD(U)’s all vital functionaries- like state-level office bearers, Lok Sabha constituency Prabharis (In-charge), district presidents, district-level chief spokespersons, Vidhan Sabha Prabharis and block presidents—have been asked to register themselves on the Mulyankan app.

“Once the app is made fully operationalized, all these vital functionaries will be asked to report their daily activities and also upload pics/ reports about their activities, on the ‘JD(U) Mulyankan’ app,” the party’s media cell state president Amardeep told TOI on Monday. Such reports would be analyzed by a cell at the party’s state office, he said.

Amardeep said the app would also be used as a digital platform for fast transmission of the party’s communication among its all district and block level office-bearers. “Earlier, we used to send such urgent communication either through telephonic messages or different WhatsApp groups created by the party. Now, we will put such urgent communication in the app, and it will automatically be delivered to all its registered members,” he said.

To a question, Amardeep said the app was developed by the JD(U) media cell under the guidance of the party’s former national president

RCP Singh

and the state president Umesh Singh Kushwaha. He said, soon after Kushwaha took over as the JD(U)’s Bihar unit president, he thought of developing a mechanism that could assess the performance of the party’s functionaries.