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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
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.
aadhar and batf,,and jha's artcle
vmenon - 30 March, 2014 - 17:45
I have severe problems when aadhar and Batf are just dropped in to a paragragh of acheivements, especially on capabilty in public governance.
These are 2 very very controversial things , both being done in disregard to our democratic institutions. So the evaluation of this candidate also needs to discuss a style of wroking more attuned to the boardrooms( please show me a democratic company)than governance in the public space.
If anything Batf,put back third tier governance and the 74th anmendment by a decade at least.
and there's enuf on aadhar in current press.
The man is good sort , sure .But...
vmenon
Bheema.Upadhyaya - 27 March, 2014 - 03:16
No offense meant to anyone. But I seriously think the candidates who come out of companies and participate in elections are part of "advanced management" of the companies. Having seen how difficult its to get the "required" permissions,licences and land, companies have deviced this new methodology where they simply have their own "hands". Probably instead of bribing politicians they can get the work done by "compensating" these "own" politican. As per my thinking, this would save companies 1000s of crores. Its win-win situation. While company saves a lot of bribing and these "hands" will get many times money than regular compensation as executives. Additionally, no one would stop them from "advising" management from outside company for which they may get additional "tips" for their "expertise" in governement matters:)
Dear politicians, if you are going beneath chaape(floor-mat) our brilliant company managements can go beneath rangoli :) which is far exceeding of your golden talents :-D
PS: I am not naming any candidates here, so legally not bound to be suied for maana nastha( defamation suit)... :) But already many people have lost maana in my view. I will not vote them at least for this election. But if they contest next election, logics are different. In my view they have to take a break from company or any other current job(like chairmenship) for at least 3 years then do so visible work then go jump into akhaada !
elaborations along my line of thought
murali772 - 27 March, 2014 - 12:09
The Congress may lose this election but it is not going to be wiped out for ever. When it comes back, I would like to see it evolve around a core of deserving people and having Nandan Nilekani there would increase my confidence.
For the article by Aditya Jha (who was ealier a supporter of the AAP) in The Outlook, click here.
More elaborations along my line of thinking.
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!
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