A diary from the wall of Raghunandan TR, former Joint Secretary at Govt of India.
Now, the AAP is standing in selected constituencies alone. 28 seats across Karnataka. These have been carefully selected on two counts; spread of the party and the integrity of the contestants. Even our trenchant critic, Yogendra Yadav has gone on record that the candidates that we have put up are people with integrity and a great track record of public service.
Vote, splitting does not cross our minds. We are here to fight elections on our own merit. We walk into so called BJP and Congress strongholds and vote banks where the other party does not venture. We must have visited at least 30000 plus houses, on a very conservative estimate, in Shanthinagar alone.
Of course, there are vote splitters galore. For example, one new political outfit, which claims to focus on Mahila empowerment, has put up mostly male candidates in all 223 constituencies and is pouring money into their campaign. Many independents are there in all the seats, including party rebels from all parties, whose only intention is to reduce the vote shares of other parties.
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