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Why Nandan Nilekani is my choice from Bangalore South
Written By murali772 - 21 March, 2014
Bangalore governance Citizen Reports democracy, elections Election
I am a member of LokSatta; admirer of AAP's idealism and drive; would like to see NaMo as the next PM; but, as a Bangalore South constituent, will be voting for Nandan Nilekani.
I would like to set the agenda for Nandan Nilekani as below:
1) Become the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament for now (2014 - 19), and set up an effective shadow cabinet.
2) During the period, help re-invent the Congress, distancing the party from the "family", perhaps with the help of RaGa.
3) Help re-invent the party in the state too, and give it proper direction.
4) At the end of the 5 year term, become strong enough to be in contention for PM-ship.
Though a member of LokSatta, I am today largely confining myself to Civil Society (Praja-RAAG) activism, from which perspective, I'll be observing Nandan's performance, quite as critically as I am and will be doing of others too.
Muralidhar Rao
COMMENTS
MaheshK - 19 April, 2014 - 06:21
No need for techies to become defensive. Truth is there to see.Thousands of them flocked to the vacation spots due to long weekend. No one can stop them.
There are thousands of new voters of 18+ age. That's the reason the percentage crossed 50. They voted for the first time, may be for the curiosity. Hope they know whom they voted for and why. It's just a fad that may fade away. You can see the ivote selfies. Come next elections, say BBMP, how many of the same will vote again? Let's wait and see.
wgwwd - 15 April, 2014 - 06:22
My Aadhar card form got rejected. So I started negative research. Here are some links:
2) Shaky Aadhar
Vote shrewdly to displace Ananth Kumar
xs400 - 15 April, 2014 - 07:29
I dont like Nandan nilkani, but liking is different from prefering, I would prefer to vote for him just to kick out Ananth Kumar.
And can the elections be postponed for a while? After all havent the politicians delayed everything for us? Maybe, we should ask for bribes for the election to proceed :-) The bribe would be: Work for a year and implement some of your promises!
Good thought but not practical
tulasidhar - 22 March, 2014 - 16:52
Has "The Family" ever given a chance to any free thinking individual to lead? Look at what they did with Manmohan Singh. I (and I guess many others) used to admire Manmohan Singh and a move make him the PM made a core BJP supporter like me happy. But It was fooled. Infact the nation was fooled. Look at what treatment PV Narasimha Rao got. All because he tried to work with interest of nation and not just the interest of "The Family". People say Manmohan wasnt motivational. How can he be when he ends up doing what he doesnt want to?
I am also an alumini of the same school as Nandan Nilekani. But does that matter?
Also think of today not of 5 years later. We really dont know what can happen in the next 5 months forget the next 5 years. Infact when we are voting for the MP; we should think that we are voting for a PM. Otherwise we can end up with a unstable government which cannot take any decision. So I would probably give weightage to 3 factors before deciding on my vote. 60% weight for the leader (i.e CM/ PM) 20% for the ideology and 10% for local issues and 10% for the candidate. So for me atleast choice of CM/PM triumphs over local issues/candidate.
Yes I am for a more presidential kind of voting system, where we elect our leader directly, instead of choosing 542 other selfish buffoons.
In 2004, who chose Dr Manmohan Singh as PM, it was not the people, not the mps. but one lady.
Fortunately it was Dr Manmohan Singh and not Shinde, Ashok Chavan or even Ajit Jogi.
MaheshK - 18 April, 2014 - 02:02
Looks like its about 53% average. The so called tech hub with lakhs of techies who were supposed to vote. It was reported that the homestays in Coorg and other places are brimming with people. No guesses from where they came from. The long weekend and the reluctance to vote could be the factors? Those who did not vote, need to stop complaining about the city.
Let's see what BPAC will say.
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