Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Indian Citizenship Amendment act
From December 11, 2019, India is seeing protests across the country after a new act called CAA passed by the government which is discriminating people on the basis of religion and also based on their origin. The act ignored Bhutan, Nepal and Srilankan refugees of all the religions from being considered.
Internationally the act has been debated and protested and from the tech world the most recent remarks from Satya Nadella could be the first where the discrimination is given much highlight.
The original statement from Satya Nadella:
This triggered a furious debate on Twitter between those backing CAA and those against it, forcing Microsoft to put out a statement clarifying Nadella’s comment. (https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/nadellas-caa-remarks-trigger-furious-debate/article30569356.ece)
“Every country will and should define its borders, protects its national security and set immigration policy accordingly. And in democracies that is something that the people and their governments will debate and define within those bounds. I’m shaped by my Indian heritage, growing up in a multicultural India and my immigrant experience in the United States. My hope is for an India where an immigrant can aspire to found a prosperous start-up or lead a multinational corporation benefiting Indian society and its economy at large,” Nadella clarified through a statement issued by Microsoft.
News and quotes courtesy of Business Line