Nandan Nilekani 'on the bench'
I had this account on Nilekani’s ministerial avatar forwarded by a blogger friend. The honourable minister for our digital identity has been given a presentation slot three months from now. Which, presumably, should also give him time enough to acquire a wardrobe with kurtha by an Itallian designer. The Milan-based kurtha designer has been recommended to Mr Nilekani by fellow MP Mohd. Azharuddin. The new minister in the Manmohan cabinet was reminded, by a fellow minister rising on a point of order, that Mr Nilekani was not at Infosys and the corporate dress code he had followed there, flashy dark suit,’ did not go well with the image of a minister who should live to serve the common man and should be less ostentatious in his habits’.
The next time he shows up at Lok Sabha, Mr Nilekani better be in kutha. About his Day One in the House Nandanji reportedly text-messaged Murthy, “You won’t believe it but these guys work just like us. I am on a National Bench for the next three months!’
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