Infosys CEO Can’t Leave Caste Aside – and Twitter Didn’t Spare Him

Twitterati won’t spare you, no matter what. Take a look at how Twitter broke lose at Sikka for invoking his caste.

Infosys management made an attempt to mollify all concerns over India’s second largest IT company’s worsening image, and the dispute among the founders over how it is being run. In the past few weeks, the company, where allegedly its founder and a former executive have raised concerns over various decisions by the board, has come under fire.

But when Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka took the stage to put everything to rest, it seemingly got worse. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Sikka answered in affirmative to TV anchor Shereen Bhan’s question: “Are you here to stay?”

CEO Sikka further said, “I am a kshatriya warrior.”

Thanks to that caste reference, Sikka’s response saw a volley of tweets.

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Calm down, Mr Warrior. In India of 2017 you do not flaunt your caste. Your Board didn't hire you for your caste. Not cool for a modern CEO https://t.co/l5EG5CaKAy

— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) February 13, 2017

@CNBCTV18News with this statement i feel @Infosys & @vsikka otherwise are ready for debate of reservation in private sector @ShereenBhan

— Satwant Singh Rissam (@ssrissam84) February 13, 2017

@CNBCTV18News @Infosys @vsikka @India_Resists
Seems CEO likes political parties' Style? When u r nearing a critical situation,play Caste !

— tnnetizen (@tnnetizen) February 13, 2017

Kshatriya-run #Infosys continues to ring the bell despite Murthy's attack via @htTweets #InfosysDivide #VishalSikka https://t.co/Z92FR5MTr8

— Sunny Sen (@SunnySen) February 14, 2017

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(With inputs from CNBC-TV18)