Nilekani's tiff with Ananth Kumar gets ugly

Nandan Nilekani, the INC candidate from Bangalore South for Lok Sabha polls has filed a complaint with the Election Commission and the Press Council of India against BJP's candidate Ananth Kumar, alleging "recent lies and omissions that are being spread by vested interests."

"I have said from the beginning, that I am running a clean, honest campaign, because I stand for a better kind of politics," Nilekani said, "I think the dirty tricks of my opponent makes his desperation apparent."

Ananth Kumar, Nilekani said, is trying to gain mileage, by abusing a government program which he was himself promoting only a few months ago. "He asked one question on Aadhaar the entire time he was in Parliament," Nandan Nilekani said, "Why this sudden concern? Just a few months ago, he was advertising himself on Aadhaar enrolment banners in Bengaluru South. Once I entered politics however, he began to attack the program. He is part of the pro-corruption, anti-development forces who are trying to discredit a powerful anti-corruption effort, one that will empower ordinary citizens across the country," Nilekani said in a statement.