President
A.P.J.Abdul Kalam's tenure as the
President of India is coming to an
end by the mid of this year. There
are already talks of his successor.
Now that President Abdul Kalam has
decided not to contest for the second
tenure, political parties are trying
to project their candidates.
The
new name to float around for the post of President
of India is the Big B Amitabh Bachchan. It is
learnt that Amitabh has the support of Samajwadi
party and Telugu Desam Party.
Everyone knows the close relationship between
Amitabh and Amar Singh of Samajwadi party. Amitabh's
wife Jaya Bachchan was the Samajwadi party's Rajya
Sabha MP not long ago before she was made to resign
for holding an office of profit. Amar Singh said
"Amitji is like a kite and he can travel
to any greater heights. Let's see how far he goes".
This comment has also had some sharp reactions
from the opposite camp. They say if Amitabh is
the Kite then is Samajwadi party the rope that
takes the kite to such heights? One of the leading
congress party men said "Amitabh has a great
popularity, but this country's fate is not bad
enough for an actor to become the President and
luckily it is not the Telugu desam party or the
Samajwadi that decides on the Presidency of our
country". The other contenders for the post
are Vice-president Bairon Singh Shekawat and Lok
Sabha speaker Somnath Chaterjeee.
