Andhra Pradesh Minister of IT and Panchayat, Nara Lokesh seems to have taken the stones thrown at him with grace. The first steps he took to reach out to people is his Twitter Darbar. There is a huge response to Lokesh’s initiative of resolving people’s grievances using social media. In fact, overwhelmed with his kin’s performance, TDP supremo and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asked all senior leaders and ministers to follow the footsteps of Lokesh and reach out to people using the internet. Both the father and son duo, believe that the government could win the confidence of individuals through social media.

Chandrababu apparently also directed the ministers to be available in the Secretariat every Monday and Thursday for the party leaders and the public. In an almost empty secretariat, on Thursday which is the day for public grievances, there was only one Minister – Lokesh who patiently took up the requests and heard the problems of the public. He ordered the officials to address the urgent grievances immediately. Further he said he will personally look into some of the grievances. Even though Minister Narayana was in the secretariat he did not take up the grievances.

Earlier Lokesh held that he would like to bring in his own style of governance and help people in distress. It is apparent that his style is being liked not only by his father but also folks on twitter who are thanking the minister.