Samay | UP/Uttarakhand | MP/Chattisgarh | Bihar/Jharkhand | Rajasthan | Aalami Samay

PICS: Parties spying on opposition!

Parties campaign to win hearts, hire spies to keep watch on

In the first phase agencies were hired by the parties to select candidates, primarily to know their "winnability factor". The aim of such investigation was to do a background check of the prospective candidates, including their popularity. The background check includes whether a candidate has any criminal records.