Nandan Nilekani loses: Money can't buy you votes
BJP's Ananth Kumar has been re-elected as the MP from the Bangalore South constituency for a sixth consecutive time.
Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, who was contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from Bangalore South on a Congress ticket, succumbed to the Modi-wave by losing to BJP candidate and former Union minister Ananth Kumar.
BJP's Ananth Kumar has been re-elected as the MP from the Bangalore South constituency for a sixth consecutive time, while Nandan Nilekani lost by a margin of close to 2.3 lakh votes.
Nandan Nilekani, who was also the richest candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections with declared assets worth over 7,700 crore, congratulated the BJP candidate a tad bit before the final result was even declared.
Nilekani also wrote on a Facebook post that he would continue to be in politics and work for the city of Bangalore. "The demand for a better city has been heard. I promise you today that I will work with every party and with every level of government to get the change we need. So let's work to build a better Bengaluru," he wrote.