Entry of Kiran Bedi into politics is in line with my stand and action

When I plunged into electoral politics in 2012 with a goal that I should play my part to inspire the best and the brightest to enter into politics, I was well received. However, there was a lot of skepticism at various levels. Jayaprakash Narayan, Ashwin Mahesh, Meera Sanyal, Captain Gopinath and few others were the only names that people had in their minds. Among these, only Jayaprakash Narayan and Ashwin Mahesh had really gone into the people and had organized extensive fund raising activities among common people, while delivering their message.

As I moved to Hyderabad, we all know that 'India Against Corruption' movement and Aam Aadmi Party happened at the same time, resulting in certain qualified people too running for the office, funding their effort with public donations. I found that I had some welcome company. Then Nandan Nilekani happened for the 2014 General elections, though he was not active in raising donations from the public for his campaign.

Now, we have Kiran Bedi. I welcome her to electoral politics. I hope that she will soon start making efforts to raise donations from the public to meet the expenses of her political activities.

I am confident that this tribe will only increase as the Indian society becomes more broad-minded, more mature and more educated.