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Indian political parties woo Indians in US

Washington: Overseas wings of the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are all passionately wooing Indians abroad ahead of India's parliamentary elections.The AAP is particularly active in using social

Kurup describes "the emergence of the AAP as a credible alternative (that) offers us hope and an opportunity to move in the right direction".

Its volunteer teams across the world, he said, meet and discuss various issues, and attend local events to spread the party's message and sign up new volunteers.

As only Indian citizens can contribute, Kurup said "the conventional fund raising events in the US are rare".

"We focus instead on raising online donations through creative email messages, social media campaigns, Google hangouts." He says the people's response to the AAP campaign is "phenomenal".

Indian techies in the US have built what they call a "game changer" "Next Generation" technology platform to raise online donations for AAP.