Whether Dr. Kalam is our next President or Dr. N R Narayana Moorty, what difference will it make to the common citizens of India?
The post of President in India is just a powerless post. Our President is the Supreme Commandar of the three Armed Forces of Air, Navy and Army. Yet, what kind of control does he actually command being a Commandar???????
The President is the preson who administers the oath of office to our Prime Minister and the entire cabinet. Yet, what powers does he have to curtail they wrong doings? What can he doing to stem the apparent rottening of the legal system, our governing system et ell. What powers does the president have to control the misbehaving politicians? All the politicians have a good time playing on the issue of caste and religion and also caste based reservation in jobs and education. And all our president can do is endorse the bill passed by our parliament in this regard !!!!!!!!!!!!
Our President is the ultimate signing autority to make any bill into a law of the land. Yet, we have such outdated and ineffective laws, full of escape clauses and anyone can use the law to his own advantage. The entire judiciary system is in complete mess with cases pending for decades. What powers does the president have in this case????????
There was a huge cloud of excitement and hype when Dr. Kalam was made the President of India. We Indians proudly said that India has a Rocket Scientist as a President. Yet, what has changed for the common man? We still have rising inflation, crumbling infrastructure in almost all cities in India, power and water problems are rampant, poverty is ever increasing, health and primary education is not reaching the lower classes...........I can just go onoe and on.
I do not want to sound very pessimistic. I do believe that Dr. Kalam must have made a difference, but are we, the common citizens of India, aware of it? Dr. Kalam is a man of High Integrity and is indeed a valuable asset for Mother India. But what use is such an asset if it cannot be utilized effectively.
So friends and fellow countrymen, whether we have Dr. Kalam continuing in second term or we have Dr. NRN as our new President, what I ask for is a change for the better. More Effective Governence for the betterment of the Common Indian.
