No. he was deliberately placed there to galvanise votes...
Remember why LKY moved Devan Nair from Sec General of NTUC and made him the President then.
It was because under NTUC, Devan Nair has some 600,000 members. LKY is afraid of this numbers.
03 September 2012
The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) proudly welcomed its 700,000th union member recently, with sights set on hitting the 1 million mark in membership by 2015.
The 700,000 membership landmark was celebrated at the U Summit 2012 event held at Downtown East this evening, drawing over 1,500 union leaders and members.
NTUC aims to reach out to as many people as possible so that more members and their families can benefit from the initiatives and services offered by the Labour Movement (LM
Above is a post taken in 2012..the target is set for 1 million members..