He is a model Indian citizen. However he needs to be more assertive with the Govt and his dealing the case of Afzal Guru was not appropriate. Otherwise, he has a good visionary skills and also he is unblemished by politics. If he is gone, Congress would do everything to put a congresswalla, someone like the Buta Singh (the great sonia-bootlicker), and give the presidentship of India a bad name.