The BJP's backroom boys are trying to
get a fix on the profile of the audience at its NaMo rally on Sunday.
The online registration for prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's rally at Bangalore Palace on November 17 shows that techies and youngsters in the age group of 18-40 years are taking the trouble to indicate their presence at the event. The registration on the party's website is meant for those who want to attend but haven't been able to buy the Rs 10 coupons which are mandatory for entry. The form asks for the name of the person, age, gender, occupation, mobile number, residence address as well as assembly and Lok Sabha constituency. While only the date of birth is optional, all other fields in the form have to be mandatorily filled.
The registrant receives an acknowledgement to her email id which has to be shown at the venue entrance to pay Rs 10 on Sunday. "The profile details are helping us get an idea of who is attending the rally. Only those serious will bother to go through the process of registration. This is the beginning and for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, online registration to hear Modi speak may be mandatory,'' party sources said.
According to party spokesperson and MLA S Suresh Kumar, online registration had clocked over 41,000 till Monday evening with most registrants from Bangalore and Mysore.
A party functionary said the online registration idea was conceived after the party BJP started getting emails enquiring about Modi's rally in Bangalore as the dates kept shifting from October to November. Some of those who had registered had started posting screen shots of the
acknowledgement on social media sites. The party has decided to keep registration open till one hour before the rally scheduled to commence at 11am.