Wipro's Azim Premji challenges Arvind Kejriwal, media on exposés

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Agencies: Bangalore, Nov 02 2012, 18:01 IST
IT czar Azim Premji today took a dig at the media and India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal saying they "flip" from one issue to another without following through.

"I think the media also, like Kejriwal, flips from topic to topic," the Wipro chairman told reporters here in response to questions.

"What I would strongly request is for the media to have consistency in following through whatever they dig up," he said.

Responding to a query whether issues of crony capitalism raised by civil society activists targeting politicians and corporate houses are a major concern, he said, "Things are no better, things are no worse than they have been in the past two years."

He said the media can contribute a lot towards reformation of the country.

Asked if the government's image has taken a beating by the recent "expose on Robert Vadra, Salman Khurshid and Gandhi family", Premji said, "I don't know if government (image) is taking a beating; its image is certainly not getting elevated by this (these allegations)."

He hailed the burst of economic reforms initiatives announced by the government in recent weeks, but said one has to keep one's fingers crossed vis-a-vis if there are reversals in execution of policies.

"I think the government has taken some very positive initiatives in the past two months," he said, adding, there is a renewed focus on trying to execute them.

Premji also referred to the recent Cabinet reshuffle and said from what he understood, the ministers have been told to "give results" and try to get

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I am OK so whole world is OK.

k.chandrasekharan | 02-Nov-2012Reply | Forward
People in the position as Asim Premji should call it a day to making money and try and use their clout to cleanse the polity of corruption. He and we must understand that Kejrival or for that matter Anna Hazare can not take the onus of leading as well as following up the many accusations and wrongdoings to their logical conclusion. Here people such as Premji can throw in their weight and knowledge in framing people friendly policy rather than policy resulting in resource hoarding and unethical profiteering. Hope he can see that there is much to be done to set right many wrongs that has been plaguing the nation.

Premzi report

umesh mishra | 02-Nov-2012Reply | Forward
The headline of this article is misleading. Nowhere has Mr Premzi 'challenged' anyone- he has rather advised the media and Kejriwal to focus on the follow up of the stories rather then rake up unrelated issues daily and then forget it.

Media a trailer!

Simran Roy | 02-Nov-2012Reply | Forward
Yes! I agree with him partly.There is a need for consistancy but who will provide that.Its very tough for an activist to alone take on the system.Arvind Kejriwal to not rely on media to achieve his goal.Keep focus!

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