U.S. senator's remarks on Infosys unfortunate: Govt

by Bipin Shah Self Employed Bangalore: The remark on Infosys should be termed as unfortunate and avoidable. Since Indians never call U.S. a 'banana republic' the U.S. senator shouldn't have called one of our companies a 'chop shop'. Since the country is going through worse economic crisis they should always remember that the others can even call the Union Carbide as 'slaughter house', Minister Anand Sharma said in the Rajya Sabha expressed his feelings in a debate on Trademark bill.

He was responding to a concern raised Shantaram Laxman Naik (Cong) on the remarks by Democrat Senator of New York Charles E Schumer.

Sharma said while MPs and senators in different countries have right to make observations, "Indian IT industry has made notable contribution and has acknowledged global presence."

Participating in a debate on the Trademark bill, Naik said, "The US senator referred to our company as a 'chop shop'. We never called US a 'banana republic' when it was facing the worst global economic crisis...we could have called Union Carbide as 'slaughter house', but we didn't say so."

Criticising companies outsourcing American jobs, Schumer had last week described Infosys as a "chop shop", a place where stolen cars are dismantled and parts sold separately.

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