My reply to AAP spam

Thanks for reaching out. The following are my conditions/questions before I join this movement:

1.       What makes you say that it is my party? Even if I had voted for you, it doesn’t mean that I have become a part of AAP. I vote on the basis of capabilities, policies and ideology of the party/candidate and also on the performance record. If I voted for you in this election, it doesn’t mean I’ll not evaluate your performance the next time I vote.

2.       Why this mad rush to make people join without doing any investigation/enquiry. What if criminals join your party. I know these numbers look very impressive in front of the media but don’t try to fool the very people who voted you to power. We are not that stupid!

3.       I would happily join your party and this movement if you tell me your views on economic policies, foreign policies, reservations, what are you doing for the tax-payers and if they echo my views, I’d happily join. But before knowing any of these, I am sorry to say, but only a fool would join such a movement and unfortunately I am not one.

I have requested you earlier also and requesting again, please take me out of your mailing list. there are enough spam mails in the world and I don’t want to see promotional mails from a political party. Never thought I would say this but in this respect, BJP and INC are better than you guys, atleast they don’t bug me with these kind of mails. We have elected you to take decisions and run the government, not to keep blasting us for support.

Best Regards,

Himanshu Makhijani

From: Aam Aadmi Party [mailto:admin@aamaadmiparty.org]
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 2:12 PM
To: Himanshu Makhijani
Subject: We need your help

Dear Himanshu Makhijani, 

Your party has launched a nation wide campaign to recruit members across the country. Our target is 1 crore members by January 26. This will establish a strong foundation of your party for the Loksabha elections in a few months.

Your party needs your help. We request you to reach out to your friends and family and encourage them to become members. If each one of you enrolls 10 members each, we will reach our membership goal. Becoming a member is simple.

1. Join us online.

2. Send an SMS to 07798220033 with the name, std code and the vidhan sabha name of the member 

During this membership drive, there is no membership fee. 

Help us reach the 1 crore target by January 26. Please forward this email to your friends and family. 

Regards,

Team AAP