<div>Social activist-turned politician Arvind Kejriwal, ably aided by the media in recent weeks, may have won many admirers in India, but Wipro Chairman Azim Hashim Premji is obviously impressed by either. <div><br />On Friday, India’s famed IT entrepreneur and philanthropist hit out both the India Against Corruption crusader and the media for their “inconsistent” approach to pressing national issues.</div><div><br />“The media, like Kejriwal, flips from topic to topic. I would strongly request the media to follow up issues that they take up,” he told reporters in Bangalore during a press meet convened after the declaration of the company’s second quarter results on Friday.<br /><br /></div><div>He also said recent allegations of “crony capitalism” have left the government in a quandary. “Things are no better; things are no worse than they have been in the past two years.”</div><div><br />To a pointed question if the Centre’s image has been affected by the “exposes” on Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, he was equally candid: “The government’s image has certainly not been elevated.”</div><div><br />Asked about India’s economic and political situation, he welcomed the slew of reforms announced as steps in the right direction, but said that a lot lies in execution of policies, apart from a “constructive” approach by the Opposition within Parliament (during the ensuing Winter session) and bureaucrats taking on more responsibility.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>
<div>Social activist-turned politician Arvind Kejriwal, ably aided by the media in recent weeks, may have won many admirers in India, but Wipro Chairman Azim Hashim Premji is obviously impressed by either. <div><br />On Friday, India’s famed IT entrepreneur and philanthropist hit out both the India Against Corruption crusader and the media for their “inconsistent” approach to pressing national issues.</div><div><br />“The media, like Kejriwal, flips from topic to topic. I would strongly request the media to follow up issues that they take up,” he told reporters in Bangalore during a press meet convened after the declaration of the company’s second quarter results on Friday.<br /><br /></div><div>He also said recent allegations of “crony capitalism” have left the government in a quandary. “Things are no better; things are no worse than they have been in the past two years.”</div><div><br />To a pointed question if the Centre’s image has been affected by the “exposes” on Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, he was equally candid: “The government’s image has certainly not been elevated.”</div><div><br />Asked about India’s economic and political situation, he welcomed the slew of reforms announced as steps in the right direction, but said that a lot lies in execution of policies, apart from a “constructive” approach by the Opposition within Parliament (during the ensuing Winter session) and bureaucrats taking on more responsibility.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>
