Hindustan Times (Ranchi)

Kalam drafted two speeches on 2012 Prez poll decision

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NEW DELHI: APJ Abdul Kalam took quite some time to decide whether to contest the presidenti­al elections in 2012 despite the numbers stacked oddly against him as he greatly wished to fight corruption at the grass roots and had drafted two contrastin­g speeches to justify his decision, says his aide. One of the two letters addressed to the nation was for the occasion if Kalam chose to contest and the other if he decided against it.

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