I am from Karnatake and I don't work for Infosys.. that being said, its true that Infosys does'nt need that much land but they didnt cheat anybody to acquire the land and Mr Murthy is doing great job providing jobs to thousands of people unlike Mr Gowda who is making money for himself and his rowdy sons. If we in Karnatake expect Murthy to provide jobs to all the people in Karnataka?..that is not Murthy's job that is.. being politician Deve Gowda's responisbility and what has he done?. Its time for Gowda to get down to business or get out of our state so that Karnatake can progress and be a model for our entire country.
The IT industry is growing well and contributed to so much to revenue of the state. Devegowda calling himself as pro-rural, what he has done to rural people. No body till now has done good to rural people. At the same time Gowda is hindering the development of Urban or IT. He made rural people fools simply saying I am pro-rural but nothing is done. Why he want to involve in IT sector. Let it grow and do business. What is the problem for him. Let the IT people take land and develop business, that is required for them. Because of him only Bangalore has decome bad. But all this bad things of Gowda's policies are not known by poor rural people and still electing his party. He is not doing good where it is (Rural areas)required and at the same time he is doing bad where it is (Urban or IT) not required.
Hoooooo..my god... I never thought our ex PM gave such a lowlevel statement. I proud to say that Infosys is an indian company and Narayana Murthy is role model for young Indians. What's gowda's contribution to Karnataka. or Bangalore?? Whats wrong in building good city which contributes 40% of state GDP???? Many people from poor families are working in IT companies and earning good salary. Many farmers are happy to see their son's getting jobs in IT companies. Why the basic fundamentals are not understand by our ex PM.... Some one should validate the fact before giving public statements... Please remember... Infosys is a company owned by thousand's of people not by one or two person... Gowdre please leave us alone. Every one knows your contribution to karnataka or bangalore. Every indian is proud to say that Infosys is an indian company and Narayana Murthy is the best Role model for young people like me... This is my personal request to Narayana Murthy to continue in contributing to Karnataka and Banaglore. Please ignore gowda's statements. This is just lowlevel political view from mr Gowda. Not from people of karnataka or Bangalore... As a bangalorean I know Infy contribution.
what gowda is done is utter nonsense.he could have expressed his feelings in a much better way.instead he has made his feelings overflow not bothering about the consequences.by insulting moorthy who has proved himself as a best entreprenuer gowda has spoilt his name to the maximum extent possible.
Mr. Murthy is right. What has Mr Murthy done to Karnataka. He has provided jobs to lots of indians. On the contrary, Gowda has created jobs for his sons. His is a casteist!!!! Gowda should be stopped. I hope people of Karnataka will drive him out of politics.
Gowda is surely playing petty politics : a sleeping PM what he is famous for. He has found the Non-IT population as a new vote bank and wants to project himself as their saviour in addition to rural masses and is working hard to gain their confidence. Blaming Murthy is a small step towards that. He knows well that no matter how much the IT pros rave and rant, no one will turn out on voting day since voting day is treated as paid holiday.
Coming to NRM : 1) If he was really interetsed in development Of Blore, he shold have rebuffed Gowda's charges or better still ignored them.Resigntion was not an answer. 2) For folks eulogizing social work done by Infosys : I would like to list Infosys contributions in other parts of Kar except Blore. It is a natural expectation to first help your state and then venture outside.Mend your house first before helping others. This expetation is true even in USA. 3) When aksed if they have plans toto start business in North Kar, the answer was "No airport". Now that there is an airport in Hubli, will Mr Murthy start business in that part of Kar??
These villagers are getting short end of this equation. Organized crime (land sharks) and their corporate customers (Infosys, etc) are getting the best out of this equation.
Thousands are lives are getting destroyed for ever. But of course we are creating employment for Engineers, MCAs, MBAs, etc. through this process.
Shouldn't people like Murthy who are using this system do enough to make sure the villagers whose lands are acquired are compensated adequately and create alternate means to earn their lively hood?
Shouldn't the entire IT industry and the State Govt. approach this IT expansion holistically and in a fair manner?
These are the questions Gowda is raising. I am NO Gowda fan, but I think the questions are nevertheless valid and timely.
Again, what IT industry is doing is great (although there are number of ways IT businesses are explointing their own employees, which is another debate). We want businesses to expand in India and we need land for them to expand. No question about that. But where the land is acquired?, how it is acquired? at what price? the entire process must be transparent and fair. God bless INDIA.
For a minute let's not judge Gowda as an individual, but only reflect on the issue he is raising.
Agreed that Narayana Murthy is one of our best business leaders in the country. He fits right in there with JRD Tata, etc. Agreed that Murthy not only created wealth but he shared it with his employees and investors. Agreed he brought in tons of foreign exchange to the Reserve Bank, etc.
We all know Gowda is a old school politician who is under educated perhaps. Gowda became the PM by accident of politics and not by his talents by any means, etc. Gowda being what he is, is raising issues now to gain some political mileage. He is one of those low end political leaders our country has produced over the past 50 years.
Now, for a minute just look the issue Gowda is raising: which is vast tracks of land acquired by land sharks and passing them on to IT compaines like Infosys and others with the active connivance of the political bosses of the day.
Here poor farmers, politically less fortunate villagers, petty businesses that depend on these village economies that are eliminated forever. They have been depending on these lands for centuries for their livelihood. Will continue ...
