Will support Nilekani if he fights elections: Gopalakrishnan

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 12 2013 | 5:42 PM IST
Infosys Vice-Chairman and CII President S Gopalakrishnan today said he will support Nandan Nilekani if his former colleague decides to fight elections.
"Of course, if he stands for elections I will support him," Gopalakrishnan said when asked for comments on reports of Nilekani's political entry.
Media reports recently spoke of the possibility of Nilekani as a wild card entry to political arena as the Prime Ministerial candidate of Congress in the next general elections, given his background as a successful technocrat with clean image.
The Congress yesterday dismissed as "hypothetical" the talk of Nilekani being made the PM candidate.
Nilekani, one of the co-founders of Infosys along with N R Narayana Murthy, Gopalakrishnan, S D Shibulal among others, is now Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India, which gives 12-digit unique number (Aadhaar) for every Indians.
Media also quoted Infosys Chairman Murthy as saying that he would vote for Nilekani if his former colleague contests polls.
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First Published: Dec 12 2013 | 5:42 PM IST

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