Infosys mentor says he is too old for politics

BANGALORE: Air Deccan founder Capt G R Gopinath is for sure plunging into electoral fray to contest the Lok Sabha polls as independent but software icon N R Narayana Murthy is not nursing such ambition saying he is too old for an innings in politics.

"Absolutely I said I am too old. Sixty is the age when all of us should go to `Vanaprasthanashrama' (renunciate worldly life). I don't think that's the age when you start politics," he said here.

Having said that, the Chief Mentor of NASDAQ-listed Infosys Technologies was all praise for Gopinath for his decision, describing him as an honest and decent man.

As long Gopinath has energy, enthusiasm and age on his side and is willing to work hard, it's "absolutely wonderful", he added.

He also tacitly backed Gopinath for his decision to contest as an independent.

"There is a critical mass of independent candidates who win in election and sit in Lok Sabha and who are able to form a block which stands for honesty, truth, righteousness and national development. It's good. They don't have to be part of any political party at all," Murthy said.