Nandan Nilekani embarrasses BJP over aadhaar

Bengaluru: Making it clear that he would not take attacks on his pet Aadhaar project lightly, Congress  candidate for Bengaluru South, Nandan Nilekani  on Thursday came out with guns blazing at the “irresponsible and inaccurate comments” of his opponent , senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar on the scheme.

“There are some of us who are keen to do hard, honest work for our city and our country, while Mr Kumar is busy politicking, embroiling himself in scams, and trying to demean other people or take credit for their work,” he said in a statement.

“My opponent’s dishonesty on Aadhaar  goes against the comments of his own party leaders,” Mr Nilekani added, recalling that political parties across the spectrum had accepted Aadhaar as a pro-development, anti-corruption effort.