No poor should be excluded from subsidies due to Aadhaar: R Chandrasekhar

Rajeev Chandrasekhar tells about representing Bengaluru, his views on Aadhaar, and issues that could dominate the assembly elections in Karnataka

You claim to represent urban Bengaluru. In your view, what needs to be done to improve the lot of those who live in Bengaluru? Especially women? 

Members of Parliament (MPs) that are elected to Rajya Sabha (Council of States) primarily represent the state that elects them i.e. in my case, Karnataka. In addition, MPs can choose a district and so I represent Bengaluru — a responsibility that I take very seriously — a city where I have lived most of my life.

Bengaluru in the last five years has taken a serious beating. Dying and polluted lakes, crumbling infrastructure, potholed