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PICS: Parties spying on opposition!

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

According to industry sources, there are over 15,000 spy agencies operating in the country of which at least 50 specialise in political espionage and have trained personnel who have a good understanding of political investigation. A number of political parties, when approached, refrained from taking questions on the issue but many spy agencies on condition of anonymity admitted to having been approached by candidates and political parties for the Lok Sabha polls.