Change the electoral system or rather modify it to enable the people to have a say in the entire matter. Whatever one might say, the electoral college now comprises of politicians of different hues and colours. Their allegiance is first to the party and later (?) to the President. So let these chaps cast their preferential vote. Soon after, a national wide election for the president should be called for. No politicians should be allowed to canvass for any candidate. The election process should be just simple and on the same day throughout the coutnry. Add this votes to the ones polled by the electoral college. This ensures the politicians not getting swayed by political considerations. The candidate who gets the majority of the aggregate votes wins. If this procedure is adopted now, Mr. APJ Kalam can win with popular support. Nice to know that electoral college can dupe the voting pattern (bereft of political whips, if any). It is convenient for people like Mukerjee to capitalise on the present electoral system for choosing the President. But then, people (popular force) are not Buddhus, as the time would prove later on.
