Here’s how Indian politicians are wooing voters with free smartphones

In September, we wrote about how politicians in India were bribing voters with free smartphones worth millions of dollars. The next trend in campaigning also involves free phones, but in a more old-fashioned way. The New York Times reported that the Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP), which is currently in power in the state of Chattisgarh and is on a mission to provide a smartphone to every household in the capital of Raipur, rang voters on these new phones to ask for their continued support in the upcoming elections. Under the Sanchar Kranti Yojana (SKY) scheme of State government, zone wise…

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