Didi Ke Bolo
grievence-redressal initiative taken by West Bengal government, India
Didi Ke Bolo (transl. Tell Didi) was an initiative started by the All India Trinamool Congress, that provided a platform for the people of West Bengal to directly lodge concerns or complaints to the Trinamool chairperson and state chief minister Mamata Banerjee. As of 13 August 2019, nearly 500,000 grievances were lodged using this platform.
Background
All India Trinamool Congress appointed Prashant Kishor as their political strategist after 2019 Indian general election. Kishor conducted a series of meetings with the senior leaders of All India Trinamool Congress, and came up with the idea of "Didi Ke Bolo".
Implementation
A 250-members team runs an office for "Didi Ke Bolo" at Rajarhat, Kolkata. When someone calls to lodge a grievance, an executive receives the call, and notes down the contact information of the caller, and the nature of the complaint. Complaints are received from the project's official website also. Usually, a complainant gets a call back within 48 hours. The entire process is supervised by the chief minister's grievance cell.
Reception
According to The New Indian Express, this campaign received good response from the people of West Bengal.
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