Sonia Gandhi Voted the Loser, Varun Hero

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 09 February 2012, 23:08 IST   |    8 Comments
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Bangalore: In what could be seen as a paradoxical bonding between the two Gandhi families who are close in blood relations but vertically opposite in ideology, Sonia Gandhi has been voted the top Lokpal loser and her nephew and political rival Varun Gandhi termed the Lokpal Hero in an online contest by an NGO.

In an attempt to help Team Anna keep the public focus on Lokpal, Avaaz, an NGO that calls itself to be a global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere, came up with this idea of Lokpal Awards. The awards are aimed to shame the politicians who "betrayed people of India by supporting a watered-down bill in Lok Sabha and obstructing efforts to pass a better bill in Rajya Sabha."

Avaaz announced the result of this online survey in a light-hearted ceremony held in New Delhi at the India International Centre. Nearly 15,000 people across India took part in the voting in which Varun Gandhi topped in the list of Lokpal heroes with 34 percent votes, TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu came second with 21 percent votes and independent MP from Karnataka Rajeev Chandrasekhar was ranked third with 20.4 percent votes.



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