Moneybags and criminals 
abound in Gujarat poll fray

Moneybags and criminals 
abound in Gujarat poll fray

As nominations for the April 30 Lok Sabha elections in the land of Mahatma Gandhi that is Gujarat closed on Wednesday, the list of candidates seemed to be dominated by strange bedfellows whose names are recorded in police files and flesh-pressers who are rolling in money.

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