US senator's remarks on Infosys unfortunate: Govt

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New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) Indian government Tuesday termed
as "unfortunate and avoidable" remarks by a US senator
describing India's IT major Infosys as "chop shop".
"Infosys is one of the leading companies. It has a global
name and brand. Any disparaging remark, I would term it
unfortunate and avoidable," Commerce and Industry Minister
Anand Sharma said in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian
Parliament).
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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