Dikhyaa Mohanty 
TV Mohandas Pai, the former CFO and board member of Infosys lashed out on a scathing article against the software major, stating that ascribing conspiracy theories to Infosys is the writing of ‘crazy minds’ and that the company has always stood for India.
According to the official reports, Mohandas Pai’s comment came after ‘Panchjanya’, a magazine linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) accused Infosys of negligence over glitches in the Centre’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) portal and the new Income Tax (I-T) portal, and carried trenchant criticism questioning its motives. The RSS-associated weekly magazine’s cover story for September titled Saakh Aur Aghaat carried a picture of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy stating the company has ‘messed up’ the execution.
Mohandas stated that Infosys deserves to be criticised for the portal not working up to the expectations of users. But to call them ‘anti-national’, and ascribe conspiracy theories to them is the writing of demented, crazy minds. It is okay to accuse people in politics because all politicians accuse each other, that is part of the normal routine for them. But you can’t accuse companies who are working with the Government where some things have gone wrong and ascribe such stupid, silly extremist motives to them.
The article had questioned if Infosys is negligent in its service to its clients abroad and also that the company won contracts to develop government websites after emerging as the lowest bidder in the tender process.
Further Mohandas stated- “Infosys works with global clients and its track record is fantastic. There are very few failures among thousands of projects. Second, it is a highly complex project. Specifications have to be given by the client. There are faults on both sides. As a democracy, they have the right to fund anyone they think fit. Infosys will never do anything which is anti-national. Infosys over the last 30 years has always stood up for India, got global recognition for India, has always put India’s interests first as one of India’s finest companies.”
