Presidential elections

It’s not every time the country wants to elect a new president that such mess takes place. You probably have to blame these numerous news channels that mushroomed in recent years for making this a big issue. But that is a different topic. There were several smooth presidential elections in the history. While we skip the importance of a president and his role to the nation, let’s see what is happening today. All of you know that Mr. Kalam did not wanted a second term, candidate of UPA (Congress mainly), BJP stand etc. What is crucial here is not who is going to win, but the opinion of the common people. Several websites have published that most of the Indian citizens support Kalam for second term. People want qualified, knowledgeable person as president.
How many of you have heard or known Pratibha Patil before this? If you want to know her, she too is not that bad wrt the qualification and knowledge. Kalam was popular with his high posts he held, prior to becoming a president, Pratibha Patil is no less. I think she has an edge over Kalam (if he were running for the first time) because she is governor of a state. So, what makes the difference? It’s the political nexus. She is a politician and Kalam is not. Common man in India has developed so much aversion to politicians that they don’t want to see them in any higher posts where ever possible.
Remember the drama when Manmohan Singh became prime minister? A sigh of relief for everyone because they didn't wanted to see some hard core politician in that seat. Inspite of his several years of political association he is still remembered as governer of RBI and and as a fine economist. The truth is: honest, corruption less, educated people are choices for everyone. But politics has its own criteria.