Ravi Krishna Reddy to AAP's Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha Candidate:He is quite media savvy. He has founded a Kannada magazine, has a website, a blog in Kannada and a column in Youtube where he presents his weekly columns. But the media has done just a handful of stories on him; he is still curiosity in the eyes of the common man. You won’t find many public endorsements to what he did; the word ‘politician’ is derogatory not just in American English but the Indian society too. Yet, Reddy is sticking to his decision and wants to do a lot, says his website. He says his candidacy is an effort to start a new conversation in politics. He expects no bouquets and lot of brickbats, yet wants to do it. He says the election contest is all about morals and ethics.
Reddy looks actively for volunteers to help his campaign and seeks donations towards his poll expenses. The poll expenses are usually the biggest joke in any elections in India, the limit of 10 Lakhs ($ 22,750) is usually peanuts for the candidates with party backing, and they usually spent a hundred fold of that. But Reddy means to stick to the limit. He has put up a donor list on the site and has collected over 3 Lakhs ($ 7500) mainly from the techie groups. In fact over 50% of the financial support he received has been from the IT sector. If the donations exceed the limit he says it ‘will be spent on strengthening Democracy and value system across Karnataka.’
