NEW DELHI: Bajaj Group chairman Rahul Bajaj triggered a sharp debate on Twitter on Sunday after he said that there is an atmosphere of fear in the country and people are afraid to criticize the government.
At “The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence” event organised in Mumbai, Bajaj said, “Nobody from our industrialist friends will speak, I will say openly… An environment will have to be created… When UPA II was in power, we could criticize anyone… You (the government) are doing good work, but despite that we don’t have the confidence that you will appreciate if we criticize you openly.”
WATCH: Rahul Bajaj questions,Amit Shah responds at the ET Awards 2019
WATCH | #RahulBajaj questions, @AmitShah responds at the #ETAwards 2019 | https://t.co/ISEbzTMbqp Download the ET… https://t.co/ayjtCZP86w
— Economic Times (@EconomicTimes) 1575178977000
The video clip went viral on social media with Bajaj trending on Twitter throughout the day. While many on Twitter praised Bajaj, several called him out for his comments.
Rahul Bajaj is probably the only industrialist who read this tweet. #RahulBajaj https://t.co/xpMCA4NhtD
— Official PeeingHuman (@thepeeinghuman) 1575177311000
One industrialist standing tall #RahulBajaj #hamarabajaj https://t.co/yNSipeGdnF
— Mediocre (@dumbb_engineer) 1575146355000
#RahulBajaj is clearly the ONLY major business/industry leader with courage to speak truth to power. It’s honestly… https://t.co/xouoBv0I0t
— Dr Kafeel Khan (@drkafeelkhan) 1575143363000
Full on criticism by Shri Rahul Bajaj of Modi government and it was not related to business �� https://t.co/T3MM1j1umb
— संवैधानिक डकैत (@Shivam_h9) 1575172611000
Really,Rahul Bajaj? During UPA,folks could criticize anybody they wanted? U made ur comments straight to face of… https://t.co/pQUKTgqOPt
— Abhishek (@AbhishBanerj) 1575167572000
There is a class undertone to this. Most business family patriarchs feel they are far above individuals like Narend… https://t.co/HwCuf98JmU
— Rajeev Mantri (@RMantri) 1575179098000
If I had a penny for each time people criticising the Modi government for not being allowed to criticise the Modi g… https://t.co/XiJLysFqtk
— Sreemoy Talukdar (@sreemoytalukdar) 1575169789000
Few things on #RahulBajaj > this fellow Rahul Bajaj is very arrogant. During a CII meeting in Delhi he had misbeha… https://t.co/RWuUmnMiXZ
— Chhayank Mehta (@chhayank) 1575177792000
Journalists passing third-grade comments on an outgoing CM’s wife on Twitter and continuing with life just fine.… https://t.co/DVhCk4mucD
— Arush Tandon (@ArushTandon) 1575126850000
So #RahulBajaj is upset because he can’t abuse the government? For years Bajaj group minted millions because he co… https://t.co/NjiuQLiDNt
— Ravi Kant – रवि कांत (@LegalKant) 1575168453000
IIM A partier days Rahul Bajaj used his Ministerial contacts to manipulate Scooters India While Rahul Bajaj says h… https://t.co/FxBYBLvFCO
— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) 1575185369000
Is it true #RahulBajaj that there was a time when you used your close links with Congress to ensure that Bajaj Auto… https://t.co/37ZegXrIy6
— Vinayak (@vinayak_jain) 1575171029000
डर के माहौल में भी अगर किसी की इतनी आमदनी बढ़ती है तो ते डर अच्छा है Bajaj Group Market Capitalisation: Increased… https://t.co/IDlklimtGX
— Modi Bharosa (@ModiBharosa) 1575187289000
#RahulBajaj A shrewd businessman knows that his scooters/Motorcycles,three wheelers sales will decline in near fut… https://t.co/h3IvQXAkOk
— Yogesh ���� (@yogashar99) 1575165670000
Bajaj Family’s Net worth 2014- $4.1 Bn 2019- $9.2Bn Increase- More than double Total income 2014- Approx 11K Crore… https://t.co/UeHrNyxQjK
— संवैधानिक डकैत (@Shivam_h9) 1575187542000
I remember 1977 when my father had to wait 2 years to buy Bajaj scooter. Huge beneficiary of #IndiraGandhi ‘s crony… https://t.co/tKHrGk2NCM
— Ravi Mantha (@rmantha2) 1575188048000