Satya Nadella had joined Microsoft in 1992, when Mr Naidu had not become Chief Minister.
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s claim that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was inspired by him and went into Information Technology instead of civil services has become controversial.
Mr Nadella had joined Microsoft in 1992, when Mr Naidu had not become Chief Minister. The Microsoft website states that Mr Nadella was working with Sun Microsystems prior to 1992 before joining Microsoft. Mr Naidu became Chief Minister for the first time in 1995.
AP Legislative Assembly Public Accounts Committee chairman and YSRC MLA B. Rajendranath Reddy on Monday asked Mr Naidu to apologise to the family of Mr Nadella for his “false claims.”
Mr Naidu, who was speaking at the Nava Nirmana Deeksha, claimed that Mr Nadella’s father N. Yugandhar, was an IAS officer when he was Chief Minister. He had reportedly said that as he (Mr Naidu) was talking about information technology, his son had chosen computers.
Mr Rajendranath Reddy said, “Naidu’s claims are funny. IAS officer Yugandhar worked in AP from 1986 to 1988. Don’t know when he worked in Naidu’s government as the TD chief came into power only in 1995. What he speaks should at least be credible and believable.”
Mr Rajendranath Reddy further said that after getting his engineering degree in 1988, Mr Nadella travelled to the United States to do his postgraduation.
He added, “Satya Nadella, too, never said that he was inspired by Naidu. If as claimed by Naidu, that the whole world was inspired by him, why wasn’t his son, Mr Nara Lokesh, motivated? Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister should immediately apologise to Satya Nadella for the same.”
The YSRC leader said Bengaluru was far ahead of Hyderabad in IT and Mr Naidu’s claims were hollow. “Bengaluru grew faster than AP during Naidu’s rule. However, Naidu makes a huge noise about IT growth,” said Mr Rajendranath Reddy.
The YSRC leader also brushed aside Mr Naidu’s claim that he would bring the Olympics to AP. “Recently Naidu went to Vizag and witnessed a kabaddi match. There he announced he would conduct the Olympics in Amaravati. Barcelona, which had started attempting in 1929, could only conduct Olympics in 1992. Naidu is trying to make people believe in his false claims. Even the Vizag naval fleet is routine…but Naidu claimed it as his credit.”
