Should BJP reconsider Ananth Kumar's candidature against Nilekani?
Ananth Kumar, the fight-time sitting MP from the constituency, is expected to get tickets once again for the upcoming general election. But questions over Ananth Kumar's candidature have been raised ever since reports surfaced that IT czar Nandan Nilekani might contest against him.
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Nandan
Nilekani
(@NandanNilekani)
February
23,
2014
Ananth Kumar's Report card in Bangalore South since 1999:
In 2009, Ananth Kumar won Bangalore South narrowly by a margin of 4.1 per cent, i.e. 37,000 votes. If the 2013 Karnataka assembly results were to be added up for the Bangalore South constituency then the BJP would have lost to the Congress by 5.7 per cent margin, i.e. 56,000 votes.
It has been observed that Kumar's vote-share has decreased over the years. The BJP general Secretary's vote share in the 1999 polls was 53 per cent which came down to 48.2 per cent in 2009. Despite Ananth Kumar's performance going down the years, many volunteers are there who are willing to work for the constituency -- Bangalore South.
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Can Ananth Kumar withstand the challenge from Nilekani this time?
Nilekani, co-founder of the IT giant Infosys and the man behind UPA's dream project Aadhar, has already begun his battle in order to woo the voters of the constituency. Using the advantage of the technology, Nilekani has soaked every website with online Ads. Targeting the young voters of the constituency, he has been holding special meetings with students at different colleges and other institutions.
The IT people have become another important target as it is believed that the IT crowd can connect with someone like Nilekani more than one politician like Ananth Kumar. Organising a few sports tournaments, or redesigning his website may not work for the BJP leader this time.
Ananth Kumar should show his strength beside promoting Narendra Modi:
Citing the BJP leader's recent activities, it seems that Kumar is busy in promoting BJP's PM nominee Narendra Modi. The BJP leader has tried to make use of the name of Narendra Modi, the party's face for the next Lok Sabha polls, to reach out to the youth. Kumar had organised an inter-collegiate cricket tournament in Jayanagar in Bangalore and the tournament was named as Ananth-Modi Trophy.
While the IT man can directly connect himself with a young audience, politicians like Ananth Kumar has to seek a 'support' of pro-youth leader like Narendra Modi to promote himself.
Questions over Ananth Kumar:
The
BJP
leader
has
been
facing
criticism
ever
since
his
photo
sharing
the
frame
with
Nilekani
appeared
on
the
latter's
Twitter
profile.
Many
people
raised
questions
regarding
Kumar's
candidature
against
Nilekani
who
is
yet
to
be
declared
as
Congress
candidate
for
the
Bangalore
South
constituency.
Micro-blogging
site
Twitter
has
been
flooded
with
tweets
criticising
Kumar.
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Ananth
Kumar
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the
biggest
issue
for
South
Bangalore
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February
24,
2014
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@offstumped
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totally,
BJP
needs
a
new
candidate
Good
work
of
MLAs
and
corporators
are
masking
the
disaster
he
is
—
Gopal
Srinivasan
(@catchgops)
February
24,
2014
Citing the criticism, it seems that BJP might have to reconsider its decision of fielding Kumar against Nilekani if the party wants to win Bangalore South which is believed to be a stronghold of the party.
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