Rahul Bajaj says firms don't dare criticise Modi govt; Amit Shah responds

You're doing a good job, but despite that, we're not confident you'll appreciate if we openly criticise you, says Bajaj

Indian businesses are worried about repercussions should they criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration, billionaire Rahul Bajaj said in a rare display of a corporate leader expressing reservations about the government publicly.

“None of our industrial friends will speak about it, but I’ll say that openly,” Bajaj told an audience in Mumbai on Saturday that included one of Modi’s most-trusted aides, Amit Shah. “You’re doing a good job, but despite that, we’re not confident you’ll appreciate if we openly criticise you.”

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was reported as saying on Friday that there is “profound fear and distrust among our various