Rajesh is a BJP supporter. He wasn't 'hired' in that sense.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]>wrote: > Far more than that, the bjp's campaign was very in your face and > unsolicited - on mobiles, and on email. > > They even managed to get Rajesh Jain (yes, netcore guy) to spam for them .. > and spam heavily enough to get huge amounts of his IP space (a couple of > /25s) blocked in spamhaus.org and elsewhere. > > http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL74615 > > This was on a rather larger scale than previous such incidents (Modi > sending out huge amounts of mail in the past few years to promote 'vibrant > gujarat', 'kite flying festival' etc etc) > > I dont know which media genius the BJP hired to give them that kind of > idea. They might as well fire him. > > No better way to lose votes for a party than to launch such an in your face > and unsolicited ad blitz (which - at least for the segment of population > targeted - internet users in india - is rather more up close and personal > than cutouts, or wall posters.. both of which got cracked down on by the > EC this time) > > Mahesh Murthy [19/05/09 11:25 +0530]: > > OT: but it might interest some: >> >> An article I wrote that appeared in today's DNA on online advertising by >> the >> Congress and the BJP. >> >> dnaindia.com/r... <http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1256995> >> >> Mahesh >> > >
