'Crowd managers' earn between Rs 10 lakh to a crore by supplying paid workers to political parties. Vivek Sabnis reports on the lucrative trend
'Crowd managers' earn between Rs 10 lakh to a crore by supplying paid workers to political parties. Vivek Sabnis reports on the lucrative trend
Not all the smiling people you see flauntingu00a0 party badges at polling information boothsu00a0 today may be the loyal party workers they appear to be. Chances are, the cheerful individuals urging you to vote for a particular party are people whose political affiliations are decided by who hires them for the day.u00a0u00a0u00a0
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Some 'crowd managers' or the entrepreneurs, who supply such people for a fee ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 1,000 per individual, per day, will have earned as much as Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 crore by the timeu00a0 the
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