Mumbai doc takes shot at Prez office

Dr Rebello asks some rather pertinent questions. Like, why should only octogenarians be elected as President? ‘‘Is Rashtrapati Bhavan a retirement home? If you want a Christian president, why not me?’’ he asks. ‘‘I am young, 52, secular, I represent three minorities — I am Christian, my wife is Parsi and I am a humanitarian.’’

He doesn’t lack support. Somebody he befriended on the net has sent him a Demand Draft: All the best. Other friends have offered to campaign for him — at a cost of Rs 10 crore only. ‘‘All I need is Rs 25,000 as deposit, which will be returned to me when I get elected,’’ he says. He also gets the deposit back if he pockets one tenth of the votes (around 700), which, he says, is no problem really.