Criticizing software industry icon N.R. Narayana Murthy for opposing “freebies”, Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa sought to know why the co-founder of Infosys did not question Prime Minister Narendra Modi when the loans of a few industrialists were waived.
Interacting with reporters in Mysuru on Friday, Mr. Mahadevappa, who is also the Minister in charge of Mysuru district, said he does not know the context in which Mr. Murthy had disapproved of the freebies provided by the government, but the Constitution was in favour of uplifting the downtrodden.
The Constitution of India stood for the uplift of the downtrodden and ensuring social justice. “I don’t know in what context Mr. Narayana Murthy had made the statement. But, it is against social justice, against equity, and alienation of poverty,” he said.
