The following after yesterday's criticism from Narayana
Murthy.
Ram, you might look at Suresh Prabhu's comment below. I point
that out for those of you who claim that there is nothing systemically
wrong with Indian governance -- and thus it is a problem with
people-BAD people that is!
(The empheses mine).
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Narayana Murthy at the receiving end
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NEW DELHI: Leaders across the political spectrum have come
out strongly against Infosys chief N R Narayana Murthy's criticism of
the political class, which he said, was "inept" and
"corrupt" and did not own up to responsibility for its
failures. Many felt that Murthy's criticism, made on Wednesday at
a function in Bangalore, was "abusive" in nature.
An agitated Sharad Yadav, head of Janata Dal (United), asked Murthy to stay "within limits". He said politicians faced a difficult job in marrying aspirations of a heterogeneous mass of people. "I challenge him to contest one election and see it for himself. On the other hand, I can run a company easily because there you don't have to face people and are free to do what you want to," he fumed.
The general feeling was that complexities of politics were being ignored, as sweeping generalisations were being made against the political class. Ram Kripal Yadav, Lok Sabha MP of Rashtriya Janata Dal, pounced on the statement as a "conspiracy to subvert democracy"of which corporate houses were also a part. "It is to malign us," he said. Yadav said there were enough honest people to be found among politicians. "He is elitist," he said.
Samajwadi Party leader Ajar Singh felt it was sad and "unfortunate" that such a sweeping statement had come from a "respected corporate giant". Countering the charge, he said there were corrupt politicians just like businessmen had black sheep among them.
An agitated Sharad Yadav, head of Janata Dal (United), asked Murthy to stay "within limits". He said politicians faced a difficult job in marrying aspirations of a heterogeneous mass of people. "I challenge him to contest one election and see it for himself. On the other hand, I can run a company easily because there you don't have to face people and are free to do what you want to," he fumed.
The general feeling was that complexities of politics were being ignored, as sweeping generalisations were being made against the political class. Ram Kripal Yadav, Lok Sabha MP of Rashtriya Janata Dal, pounced on the statement as a "conspiracy to subvert democracy"of which corporate houses were also a part. "It is to malign us," he said. Yadav said there were enough honest people to be found among politicians. "He is elitist," he said.
Samajwadi Party leader Ajar Singh felt it was sad and "unfortunate" that such a sweeping statement had come from a "respected corporate giant". Countering the charge, he said there were corrupt politicians just like businessmen had black sheep among them.
Dismissing charges of lack of accountability, Singh said
politicians had to face people and even Indira Gandhi faced an
electoral defeat. "But a businessman can simply declare himself
bankrupt and does not even have to face the shareholders," he
argued. RJD's Yadav said businessmen fleece the country by evading
sales tax and other taxes but still manage to get away without being
called corrupt.
Nilotpal Basu of the CPM said, "The statement is not
worthy of a reaction."D Raja, national secretary of the CPI,
said it was the philosophy of neo-liberals who don't recognise
democracy and its institutions. "Murthy has always reflected this
philosophy very well," he said.
Suresh Prabhu of Shiv Sena accepted the criticism but
said the need of the hour was to focus on reforming the politics, its
institutions and its functionaries rather than indulge in
mud-slinging.
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