Now RSS mouthpiece claims Infosys is trying to destabilize Indian economy
Accuses company funds 'Tukde-Tukde gang', works with China, ISI
New Delhi: A weekly magazine associated with the RSS, the parent body of BJP, has accused India’s largest IT Company Infosys of deliberately trying to destabilize the country’s economy. It has also accused the company of working at the behest of anti-national forces including China and ISI.
The accusations have come in line with the glitches in the new Income Tax portal that have been in the headlines across the country in the last couple of months.
Infosys won the contract for the new portal in 2018, and the portal was launched in June. Over two months later, glitches continue to mar the site.
According to a report published in The News Minute, the RSS mouthpiece also questioned opposition party involvement and about the potential influence of China and ISI over the glitches.
The magazine Panchajanya is a weekly magazine and for its September 5 edition, the magazine has targeted the IT giant of India, the report added.
The article has also taken comfort in highlighting the point about Infosys being the vendor which built the GST portal and the MCA-21 portal as well, which too was marred by glitches.
“There are allegations that Infosys management is deliberately trying to destabilize the Indian economy,” the magazine adds.
The article, written by Chandra Prakash, goes on to question how Infosys always takes important government projects by bidding so low, and says that the glitches have broken the confidence of taxpayers. Infosys was awarded the contract after an open tender, according to the Union government.
“Is it that some anti-national power is trying to hurt India's economic interests through Infosys? We do not have any solid evidence to say this, but looking at the history and circumstances of the company, some facts may be seen in this allegation,” the piece says.
The piece further claims that Infosys has been accused several times of helping “Naxalites, leftists and tukde-tukde gangs”, and that there is direct or indirect cooperation of Infosys in many “disruptive activities” in the country.
It also adds that Infosys is believed to fund propaganda websites and fact-checkers. It alleges that beneficiaries of Infosys’ charity (believed to be the Infosys Foundation) are some organizations engaged in spreading caste hatred as well. “Shouldn't the promoters of Infosys be asked what are the reasons behind its funding to anti-national and anarchist organizations?” it questions.
The article then claims that the reason to suspect a conspiracy is political as well and that Opposition leaders are silent on this. “People are asking whether some private companies are trying to create disorder at the behest of the Congress?” it says.
Furthermore, it says that founder Narayana Murthy’s opposition to the current dispensation is known, that Nandan Nilekani has contested elections on a Congress ticket, and Infosys puts people of a particular ideology in important positions.
“If such a company will take important contracts from the Government of India, then will there not be a possibility of influence of China and ISI in it?” the article claims.
Stating that the glitches worked properly after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman intervened the piece also blamed the corrupt government bureaucracy for the glitches on the I-T portal. It further advocated a financial penalty to be levied on the company and blacklisting Infosys for any further projects.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met Infosys CEO Salil Parekh in August and told him about the government's "deep disappointment and concern" over the glitches in the new income tax filing portal and set September 15 as the deadline for the software major to resolve all snags.
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Rahul Gandhi joins Haryana Congress leader's 'Sadbhav Yatra' in Gurugram
Gurugram (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday joined the 'Sadbhav Yatra' of Haryana Congress leader Brijendra Singh here.
Gandhi, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, reached Gurugram in the evening and joined the yatra. He also walked some distance with Brijendra, state Congress chief Rao Narender Singh and other leaders.
Huge crowds had turned up for the occasion.
Later, Gandhi proceeded to the venue where he addressed a public gathering.
Leader of Opposition in Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda and other Congress leaders, including Randeep Singh Surjewala, B K Hariprasad, state Congress chief Rao Narender Singh, were also present.
Brijendra Singh had on Thursday said it is a matter of joy for them that Gandhi was joining the 'Sadbhav Yatra' in Gurugram-Badshahpur, "thereby strengthening the Indian National Congress' campaign for brotherhood and harmony".
The 'Sadbhav Yatra' began from Danoda village at Narwana in Jind on October 5, 2025, and has covered 85 of the 90 assembly segments in the state.
The foot march was started by Brijendra Singh, son of Congress veteran Birender Singh, to highlight several national and regional issues.
State Congress chief Rao Narender Singh had asked all party leaders to take part in Friday's event.
Days before his yatra began in October, Brijendra Singh, who narrowly lost the 2024 assembly polls from Jind's Uchana Kalan, accused the ruling BJP of playing "divisive politics" and said that "sadbhav" (harmony) has come under stress in the last decade.
Brijendra Singh was a sitting MP from Hisar for the BJP when he resigned ahead of the 2024 general election and switched over to the Congress. He also alleged that the saffron party creates a wedge in society to achieve its political purpose.
The 'padyatra' has so far covered 85 assembly constituencies in Haryana, traversing more than 2,700 kilometres.
Addressing the public gathering, Brijendra Singh said the yatra is inspired by Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, where he took the party's vision and values directly to the people of the country.
Singh said the yatra has highlighted issues like "Vote Chori" (vote theft), unemployment, poor law and order situation, agrarian distress, and issues related to government employees, labourers and traders.
"Sadbhav (harmony) and bhaichara (brotherhood), which the BJP is attempting to weaken, are the messages of this yatra," he said, adding that its slogan is "Congress ka haath bhaichara ka saath".
"This yatra is a natural extension of the Bharat Jodo Yatra," Brijendra Singh said.
