"This is a Lok Sabha election, not for assembly or municipality. People are aware of the issues and know whom to vote. They made a conscious choice in the past, they will make a conscious choice again," Kumar told IANS.
"The people want good governance and a strong leader like (Narendra) Modi to guide the country through challenging times," Kumar added in the midst of some hectic canvassing, sweating profusely under the hot sun.
His allusion was to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat's four-time chief minister (Modi) for the 16th Lok Sabha elections.
As co-founder, Nilekani built Infosys from scratch, created thousands of jobs and put Bangalore on the global IT map. As BATF chair, he guided state-run utilities and local bodies to improve the city's infrastructure during the Congress regime in 1999-2004.
Then again as chairman of the state-run UIDAI, he led the world's largest social scheme (Aadhaar) to give an identity to more than 600 million people across the country thus far.
