01-01-2006, 01:25 AM
<b>Narayana Murthy at the receiving end</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->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.
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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.
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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
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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<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I agree with politicians. Murthy should fight election and let see how he survive or even get elected...
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.
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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.
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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
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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<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I agree with politicians. Murthy should fight election and let see how he survive or even get elected...