if you think Pratibha Patil has been chosen because she is a women, think again. Congress knows that Bhairon Singh Shekhawat holds sway over large segments outside NDA which is why they are again trying to influence people on the basis of caste considerations and have deliberately come up with the name of Pratibha Patil.
Pratibha Patil is a complete pushover and there is not a single case where she has shown spine when congress leadership has given their mandate in favor or against any given issue, Which effectively means that she can easily be mollycoddled in doing what the UPA wants.
She is too politically correct and is under no circumstance will ever go against congress diktat.
she does not have an impressive profile or the kind of stature that President Kalam had therefore it becomes imperative to highlight her gender as a sole factor as to why she should become the next president as there is nothing else that can fetch her the requisite number of votes. Infact if you consider profile and stature, the names that come to mind are President Kalam, Narayanamurthy, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Pranab Mukherji. So a combination of the appropriate caste and the politicaly correct gender may just rule the day.
Infact if Arjun Singh were a women the task would have become a really easy one, although Shivraj Patil is the only person who would suck up to the congress like no other can - no mater what, the fact that Pratibha Patil has never gone against the party whip no mater w
