# Naidu puts ₹2,000 price on votes, questions post-poll costs 2026-08-15T12:51:39+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said each vote is valued at at least ₹2,000 during elections, while the same political system can cost more than ₹2 lakh after polling. M9.news reported his remarks on the role of money in elections and government. The report said parties spend hundreds of crores during campaigns, much of it on poll management. It agreed that Naidu had addressed a real problem, but argued that ending money-driven elections is difficult because parties feel compelled to spend heavily to compete. It offered no independent figures to verify the sums cited. ## Coverage - m9.news This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/naidu-puts-rs2000-price-on-votes-questions-post-poll-costs/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/naidu-puts-rs2000-price-on-votes-questions-post-poll-costs/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/