Why vote for people like Captain Gopinath?

Coming Loksabha election is something special. Some of the prominent public personalities have submitted their nominations. Captain Gopinath, Mallika Sarabhai, Meera Sanyal are standing as independent candidates. Mona Shah, an opthalmic surgeon, is representing Professional Party of India in South Mumbai. Just read the news in the morning newspaper that some swamiji - Sri Gowrishankara Swamiji - is standing for the election in one of the loksabha constituencies in Tumkur representing Samajvadi party.

I am from Bangalore South. At least in the Bangalore South loksabha constistuency, all these years there was no deserving candidate to vote for. The only options are - vote for the best among the worst, or invalidate your vote. Unfortunately, in my secular socialist democratic republic of India, voting is caste and religion based. Majority of the Brahmin votes go for a B.J.P candidate. In case of other two "higher-castes" of Gowda and Lingayat, it highly depends on the caste of the candidate. Congress party used to bag most of the muslim vote bank, and the votes of the backward sect is sold based on metres of sarees and litres of liquor.

News of Captain Gopinath contesting from Bangalore South as an independent candidate has come as a respite to many of the confused voters. I have just few points to say why we should elect people like Captain Gopinath:

1. He is not making any false promises. He is not promising colour TVs, broadband connections to the poor. In his own words:

I envision a governance guided by a Citizen’s Committee, which would serve as a platform for every individual’s voice to be heard. A platform where problems and issues could be discussed and solved in real time instead of the usual political strategy of filing it with a false promise of dealing with it in time. I want to be the most accessible People’s representative in India.
(Source: http://votecaptaingopi.com/Captain_Gopi.htm)

2. He is not trying to coo any community. He is not a representative of either "pseudo-Hindutva" practised by BJP, or "pseudo-secularism" practised by Janatha Dal or Congress. He is facing the election as an Indian.

3. He has a proven track record. He has made a difference to our society. He is not corrupt. He is a visionary.

4. Nobody can challenge that he is the best, in the present scenario, among all the candidates contesting from Bangalore South.

Just because few of the educated Indians vote for him, he may not win this election. I am least worried if he loses the election. Our duty as Indians - I repeat, "Indians" (not Brahmins, Gowdas, Lingayats, Hindus, Christians and Muslims, etc) - is to think well before exercising our valuable vote.

By voting for people like Captain Gopinath, Meera Sanyal, etc., irrespective of whether they win or lose, Indian public is going to write a preface to a new era in Indian constitution. Such an action may bring a transformation in our constitution, governance in the years to come.