Power of Positive vote

Power of Positive vote

Once again the debate rages in Bangalore south if   one should vote for “Modi” or else vote for a “Star candidate” goes on and on with each side strongly pitching .I have been  watching and  researching trends  for last few elections  in Karnataka and not much outside our state .

Bangalore south electorate comprises of a fairly  mixed cultures and languages but undoubtedly  it is the middle class kannadigas who  decide who their MP will be . Each household is connected in some way or the other to the IT industry of Bangalore . The biggest chunk of the IT professionals in India reside in Bangalore south . The IT professionals  clearly know what this industry has brought to Bangalore and also how the future of this city and quality of life will be shaped up by this industry .  This is  a connected  community and generally seen as anti establishment , more of  BJP and AAP supporters . But they clearly know the value of someone like Nandan will bring into the politics  of this country and  they have the first hand experience of seeing him  build a globally successful organization like Infosys . I would put this IT related voters numbers to around 1.5 – 1.7 lakh people .

For  a budding IT professionals & entrepreneurs , Nandan & narayan murthy are role models & native kannadigas as well !!! . In a society where role models are rare among kannadigas ,  Nandan and murthy duo have brought in the confidence and identity .   IT professionals adore  Bill Gates , Larry Ellison , Sergei Brin and Larry Page from Google , Vinod Khosla from  TIE  and understand clearly that these leaders have a thorough understanding and a systematic approach to problem solving .The success of Infosys always stands apart from a Indian IT professional point of view as this was a trend setter in many ways not only for IT but also for other large industries and governments.  Infosys showed the world the power of innovation in services , employee engagement and rewards . We look @ Infosys with pride not only as a Indian but as a proud bangalorean . The beauty was all about how to build success and share them with employees and stakeholders . The relationship Infosys built with its employees was that of trust and caring than hire and fire  followed by the other counterparts in IT industry . Nandan has a proven track record of building Infosys into  global corporation with 1.5 lakh plus employees and  equally good track record on the unique identity project .

The IT industry is seeing the second generation taking over the business and the first set of people who came into the industry are in early fifties and late forties !!!!. This entire generation moved up on their careers looking @ Murthy and Nandan as their role models and also every kannadiga took pride in looking up to them .  In fact  Bangalore destination as IT hub itself was tagged to murthy & Nandan  in the early days .  Today a IT professional from Bangalore commands higher value than his counterparts from chennai , Hyderabad or NCR .

People have never defeated a role model in the society  who has  built opportunities for society at large . There are many examples where voters have overwhelmingly elected   top successful business leaders .Voters also think that they will have a better understanding of issues about Infrastructure , education and governance .  

I believe as we go closer to the polling date the momentum is clearly with  Nandan  all the way !!!.