Bangalore South Challenge

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The biggest nationwide political drama has begun to unfold and the prime source of entertainment for aam janata now is elections . Everyone has a opinion about everything that is politics in India !!!.The common man never misses to amaze you with his analysis and this is one favorite past time for the entire Indians , be it urban or rural , poor or rich , men or woman , young and old  , the kumbh mela of Indian politics is here !!!!!!!!!! , i would also call it festival of expression and democracy .  The sheer depth of engagement  common man engages shows us that we are a surging  and engaging democracy .I love to see how common man shows that they have a stake in making and unmaking leaders !!.

I am amazed @ the energy & drive of our political class irrespective of their party affiliations , election time is their prime time of their careers and plenty of leaders  emerge and few fade out of limelight permanently. The Clock has started ticking and the draggers are out  , this season of vote mongering  is the dirtiest i have seen in the last 20 pus years . 

Bangalore south is undoubtedly one of the most watched and contested lok sabha seats in the entire south India . For the last six terms this seat has been held tight by BJP and congress has won only once in 1989 in the last 35 years !!. Looks like the incumbent Ananth Kumar is  lucky man and has been blessed with time and circumstances on his side all these years , in 2009 he almost lost and managed to win by a slender margin .

I would call Bangalore south the idly vada dosa capital of Karnataka and is a rainbow of cultures and languages  although in true sense this is the biggest kannadiga seat among the three seats in bangalore . This has been a melting pot and a favorate place to build their life and career for Tamils , Telugu , Malayalees , marwari , sindhi , gujaratis , punjabis , minorities and off course the native kannadigas . 

The biggest surprise was Nandan throwing his hat into the ring although  there were rumors about his candidature . I always thought he would prefer the Rajya sabha route but he did make up his mind to take on ananth kumar . I believe there were not many senior or strong congress leaders from Bangalore south who were keen to contest . Last time  Krishna Byre Gowda was brought in the last minute and he did really gave a tough time and ananth finally romped home huffing and puffing .

Nandan challenging ananth kumar has brought in a disruption among the core voters of BJP itself . I have sensed a huge disillusion with ananth  kumar among large devoted voters of  BJP  and they openly express it . Nandan is likely to dig big into the core votes of BJP this time ,  1989 lok sabha elections ex  CM gundu rao was able to  get a huge chunk of  Janata votes in 1989 and won with a big margin .  I see a similar trend this time  as  ananth kumar was never challenged by anyone who would disrupt his core  votes !!!.

Prior to 2009 lok sabha elections  , the bangalore south  constituency was relatively  favoring BJP and their real challenge was 2009 where BJP scrapped through . Ananth Kumar is fighting his biggest battle with virtually nothing except "Modi  Wave" .

Ananth has been banking on Ram mandir issue  in 1996 and 1998 , vajapayee factor in 1999 and 2004 and the sitting BJP government and five MLAs helped him romp home last time . This time his one and only mantra has been NAMO , he is finding the going tough as people are asking his key contributions  in the last 18 years as MP , Union Minister for tourism and civil aviation  , State President and a powerful leader . If you really measure his contribution to the city , it is sheer disappointment all the way . 

As we move forward i see a distinct trend emerging in favour of Nandan , in the initial reaction few said he is the right man in wrong party , i believe they would finally  take his side . In particular working and career professionals are keen to see someone like nandan represent them . The sheer scale and complex project like Aadhar  was made successful by nandan and his team . I would personally vote for him and want to see him in parliament for what he represents today   and he is a role model for the entire aspiring young India .

Good politics can only come with good people coming into mainstream politics keeping the rotten elements away .You cannot change the system  with bad people , need  for people with high integrity , service motive and ability to bring in imaginative solutions to our issues are the need of the hour . I wish good people contest from all political establishments so that a sea change in the quality of the politics can be brought in. 

I believe people would always vote for a individual who has built success  for the society and people at large  .  Nandan is a exemplary example of what an ordinary educated , motivated individual can build successful where lakhs of educated youngsters are given a platform to build a decent quality  of life with dignity .  

I sincerely believe this could be our opportunity time to look forward and bring in that "change" Bangalore south has been waiting for !!!.