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AHMEDABAD/ NADIAD: A recent and successful operation of NaMo nerds - the zealous champions of Narendra Modi in cyberspace - demonstrated how the nerds aim to channel online fawning into real-life action.
The 'Narendra Modi Army', a popular Facebook group which operated from Gwarlior, managed to rustle up a crowd of protesters outside L K Advani's home after Modi was elected as the BJP's election campaign chief.
Modi's cyber-devotees - most of whom are volunteers - congregate in scores of online groups like the 'Narendra Modi Army'. Among the most active of such groups on Facebook are 'Narendra Modi 4 PM'; 'Bharat Maa Ka Lal' ; 'Bond of India 2014'; and 'Modi: Hit and Fit for PM 2014'. On Twitter, Modi fans run 54 accounts.
Though the BJP has not declared its prime ministerial candidate, Modi's virtual warriors are treating that as inevitability, creating the 'NaMoBharat' feed on Twitter and Facebook; and developing specialized android and iOS apps that enable micro-targeting on social networks.
While on targeting, it must be noted that any nerd who gets out of line is targeted with unrelenting aggression. For instance Partesh Patel, 27, who used to run 'Modi nu Gujarat' fan page on Facebook, today gets ominous late-night calls and vulgar messages on his social networking platform.
"I am being treated like this only because I left the BJP's IT cell," Patel says. "I was a volunteer there and I have more than 95,000 likes and an equally strong membership on my page even to this day. I now campaign for the Congress because volunteers like me who spent close to a decade campaigning for the BJP are not recognized."
The NaMo nerds, however, press on. They are showing the effectiveness of social media tools like Twitter dashboards and friend-adders in scaling up fan numbers. As for the BJP IT team itself, its core members are Hemang Jani and Maulik Bhagat.
The duo's team posts live updates on dozen-odd social media pages. Jani also employs a team of graphic designers who make cartoons which are popular on the net. The head of BJP's IT cell, Rajeeka Kacheria, a beautician, has introduced the 'BJPKemp' software that collated news reports from every constituency during the Gujarat assembly elections. The data was used to assess voter mood.
Youngsters who sustain the Modi buzz online are rewarded with the ultimate prize of fandom - an opportunity to meet Modi. "In Gujarat young college students are taken in batches by BJP zonal heads for an exclusive photo-op and meeting with Modi," says a senior IT cell member. "This is how the numbers are gathered."
7,200 e-soldiers march for Narendra Modi - The Times of India
I think I ran into one yesterday
The 'Narendra Modi Army', a popular Facebook group which operated from Gwarlior, managed to rustle up a crowd of protesters outside L K Advani's home after Modi was elected as the BJP's election campaign chief.
Modi's cyber-devotees - most of whom are volunteers - congregate in scores of online groups like the 'Narendra Modi Army'. Among the most active of such groups on Facebook are 'Narendra Modi 4 PM'; 'Bharat Maa Ka Lal' ; 'Bond of India 2014'; and 'Modi: Hit and Fit for PM 2014'. On Twitter, Modi fans run 54 accounts.
Though the BJP has not declared its prime ministerial candidate, Modi's virtual warriors are treating that as inevitability, creating the 'NaMoBharat' feed on Twitter and Facebook; and developing specialized android and iOS apps that enable micro-targeting on social networks.
While on targeting, it must be noted that any nerd who gets out of line is targeted with unrelenting aggression. For instance Partesh Patel, 27, who used to run 'Modi nu Gujarat' fan page on Facebook, today gets ominous late-night calls and vulgar messages on his social networking platform.
"I am being treated like this only because I left the BJP's IT cell," Patel says. "I was a volunteer there and I have more than 95,000 likes and an equally strong membership on my page even to this day. I now campaign for the Congress because volunteers like me who spent close to a decade campaigning for the BJP are not recognized."
The NaMo nerds, however, press on. They are showing the effectiveness of social media tools like Twitter dashboards and friend-adders in scaling up fan numbers. As for the BJP IT team itself, its core members are Hemang Jani and Maulik Bhagat.
The duo's team posts live updates on dozen-odd social media pages. Jani also employs a team of graphic designers who make cartoons which are popular on the net. The head of BJP's IT cell, Rajeeka Kacheria, a beautician, has introduced the 'BJPKemp' software that collated news reports from every constituency during the Gujarat assembly elections. The data was used to assess voter mood.
Youngsters who sustain the Modi buzz online are rewarded with the ultimate prize of fandom - an opportunity to meet Modi. "In Gujarat young college students are taken in batches by BJP zonal heads for an exclusive photo-op and meeting with Modi," says a senior IT cell member. "This is how the numbers are gathered."
7,200 e-soldiers march for Narendra Modi - The Times of India
I think I ran into one yesterday
. Looks like pdf is full of 'NaMo e-soldiers' 
