Would GOP Go to India for Votes?

[AmyStrange]

Would GOP Go to India for Votes?
By Al Kamen
Friday, June 4, 2004; Page A21

FROM: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13946-2004Jun3.html
One of the odder tales floating around these days comes from the press in India, which reports that the Republican National Committee has outsourced its fundraising and voter canvassing call centers to Noida and Gurgaon, that is, India.

A recent Hindustan Times story said an Indian company owned by HCL Technologies Ltd. ran the phone banks. It cited "HCL sources" and detailed how many teams were involved, the contract dates, how many GOP voters were called (8 million) and even what the callers were paid per hour.

The RNC flatly, totally, completely denied the allegations, which had been heavily peddled by the Democrats, saying it was an "untrue urban legend." The contract signed by the RNC and telemarketer Capital Communications Group Inc. of Mesa, Ariz., explicitly states all calls be made in the United States. And the RNC, we're told, closely monitored the contract.

Also, Sumit Bhattacharya, HCL BPO executive vice president for marketing and strategic planning, told our colleague Rama Lakshmi in New Delhi last week that "HCL BPO neither worked nor solicited contributions for any political party. We have no further comments on this matter."

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[fujiyama]

1. LOL

India threw out their own RW party. I doubt they'd want reblicans either...maybe some of those that got the outsourced jobs (but many of these people are becoming more socially liberal), so it's unlikely that they would care for republicans.

After all, most Indians I know hate Bush (both Indians in India and Indian-AmericanS).