"Personalised Attack On Narayana Murthy": Jairam Ramesh On 'RSS' Article

"I find it personally demeaning to see Narayana Murthy being attacked the way he was attacked," Jairam Ramesh said on the article published by RSS-linked journal Panchjanya attacking Infosys

An RSS-linked journal's "personalised attack" on not only Infosys Ltd but also "some of its esteemed founders" over glitches in handling India's tax portals is "absolutely condemnable", Congress leader Jairam Ramesh told NDTV today. As an Indian company, Infosys has made seminal contribution in progress of the country. There might be certain issues with a portal run by Infosys, but the article published by Panchjanya in this context only reflects individual opinion of the author. @editorvskbharat The piece by Panchjanya, a journal with deep roots in the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), had questioned whether an "anti-national" conspiracy could be behind the glitches on tax-filing websites handled by Infosys. "This entire issue is unprecedented, unwarranted and atrocious. Whatever problems the Finance Ministry may have with Infosys on the GST platform or the income tax platform, it's between the Finance Ministry and Infosys to resolve," Mr Ramesh said. "But for an RSS publication to resort to a personalised attack on not only the company but also some of the most esteemed founders of the company, I think it is absolutely condemnable," Mr Ramesh told NDTV today. "In fact, the article is anti-national," the Congress leader said. "I find it personally demeaning to see Narayana Murthy being attacked the way he was attacked. If I were to name who are the three or four makers of modern, entrepreneurial India, Narayana Murthy would be among the top... For him to be accused of supporting Naxalites, tukde-tukde gang, the Left liberals, this is completely bogus. But this is par for the course as far as RSS or BJP is concerned," Mr Ramesh said.