Give voters' greater say in choice of candidates: Rahul

April 16, 2013 22:05

Ruing that in many states it is a selected few who decide on distribution of tickets, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today said that political parties should reflect the voters' views in the choice of candidates for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.

Stressing that his aim was "to make Congress more accessible to all, as much as possible", he said in certain states like Uttar Pradesh "one person decides all the candidates."

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