Originally posted by Double Edge
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A friend who works in a Market Research (Top Indian MRC) company in Bangalore once told me that Indian IT MNCs find it tough to work with the government. He knows as he handles the accounts of many IT companies. Payment doesn't always come on time, sudden requirement changes, etc. But if a company representative says something infront of the media against the government, there'd definitely be a tax-notice served or some old tax evasion case opened again. Plain old harrassment.
I have noticed this when in, IIRC, 2012/13, some one from an Indian IT MNC (they were doing a project for the then government) said something against the UPA-II. Boom, in a week tax notice was served against the founders wife's NGO for some kind of tax evasion. It died down eventually, but you can guess the message the government conveyed. I hope you remember the incident. :D
One more thing to notice is that -> this is the reason why when Indian IT companies build an application for the government, it is mostly crap. Time is money, so the IT company would deploy the worst employees into the government project. The other thing being tenders that quote the lowest moolah gets the project. Cheap ain't best, cheap is mostly shit -> the Indian government hasn't figured that out yet.
Anyway, I am against this kind of political witch-hunt. Congress will come to power some day, then they would do the same with people and businesses who're close to the BJP. Since 2012, I have witnessed a rise of the right-wing narrative, and the BJP very cleverly exploited that blind-spot of the Hindu-right. People aren't afraid of wearing their loyalty onto their sleeves. They think this government will save them. A lot of them think they can get away spewing garbage on social media. Very very uncool.
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