Kaun Banega President?
So who is going to be our next President? If one start delving into the newspapers of previous one month, one can easily come up with names of some eminent personalities whose names were either proposed or were in the race for the coveted seat of India’s first citizen. The names include from the God of Bollywood to the IT Mogul, from a world renowned noble laureate to the head of India’s premiere research institution. But as the time passed, Indian politics has started showing its color and we are now left to guess and to debate on the candidature of Mr. Bhairo singh Shekhawat and Mrs. Pratibha Patil. Yesterday I was watching a news channel and suddenly I came to know that President Mr. APJ Abdul Kalam is game for contesting the presidential election if he has fair chance of winning. I was appalled with a hint of glith but no sooner I started writing this post, again I saw some sort of breaking news that Mrs. Patil has resigned the Post of Rajasthan governor and now its almost certain that she is all set for being the first women president of India. But as I have started penning my thought, let me finish this post.
This could have been interesting…
If we go by the popularity in the masses, Present President is overwhelmingly ahead with whopping margin from other two but he has introduced some clauses with his announcement and so its now in the hands of politicians and the fate of him is in hand of BJP.
Now come to the second Candidate, She is quite unknown before she was announced as the UPA candidate. Actually she is an accidental candidate and came into the frame when others were not figured out. But she is quite able candidate for the post ( her recent remarks over veil can be termed as exception ) as she is coming from sub national level and she represent the women class. Apart from this she has already proved herself at several places. She is governor of Rajasthan and had sent back the controversial conversion bill. She is the politician by heart as she started off her journey in politics as early as when she was just 27. She has never tasted a defeat in any direct election (and probably this time too, she will emerge as a winner) and very few people know that she has been a TT champion. Up to now, she is leading over other contestants
The third Candidate is Mr. Bhairo Singh Shekhawat, our present vice president and backed by NDA. He is the most experienced politician in the race and a good candidate for the post (after all Indian Presidents are more often than not the previous vice-presidents).
Some people argue that President is just a rubber stamp and has no or little significance in Indian Government system and so it doesn’t matter who is going to be the President. Actually its somewhat true as we have noticed in the office of Profit bill case, but an able, intellectually strong President can find many ways to show his power and some of it is the time of hung parliament, to send back bills, the President ruling etc. So we should keep our fingers crossed and probably the best candidate will hit the block. My vote is for Kalam J but now its herculean task to overshadow Mrs. Patil by anyone.
All the best Mrs. Patil, we hope you will win our hearts.
This could have been interesting…
If we go by the popularity in the masses, Present President is overwhelmingly ahead with whopping margin from other two but he has introduced some clauses with his announcement and so its now in the hands of politicians and the fate of him is in hand of BJP.
Now come to the second Candidate, She is quite unknown before she was announced as the UPA candidate. Actually she is an accidental candidate and came into the frame when others were not figured out. But she is quite able candidate for the post ( her recent remarks over veil can be termed as exception ) as she is coming from sub national level and she represent the women class. Apart from this she has already proved herself at several places. She is governor of Rajasthan and had sent back the controversial conversion bill. She is the politician by heart as she started off her journey in politics as early as when she was just 27. She has never tasted a defeat in any direct election (and probably this time too, she will emerge as a winner) and very few people know that she has been a TT champion. Up to now, she is leading over other contestants
The third Candidate is Mr. Bhairo Singh Shekhawat, our present vice president and backed by NDA. He is the most experienced politician in the race and a good candidate for the post (after all Indian Presidents are more often than not the previous vice-presidents).
Some people argue that President is just a rubber stamp and has no or little significance in Indian Government system and so it doesn’t matter who is going to be the President. Actually its somewhat true as we have noticed in the office of Profit bill case, but an able, intellectually strong President can find many ways to show his power and some of it is the time of hung parliament, to send back bills, the President ruling etc. So we should keep our fingers crossed and probably the best candidate will hit the block. My vote is for Kalam J but now its herculean task to overshadow Mrs. Patil by anyone.
All the best Mrs. Patil, we hope you will win our hearts.
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