Chennai: In a response to Twitter attacks over his likely participation in an event organised by RSS, Zoho Corp Chief Executive Sridhar Vembu has said his views would not be swayed by social media slams.
In a tweet on Monday afternoon Vembu, whose Zoho sells business software for hundreds of companies, said, "I don't decide my views based on Twitter attacks. If you dislike which events I attend, please do what your conscience dictates and I will do what mine dictates. We earn our daily bread due to our work and we will continue to do quality work. I won't be responding to attacks."
According to a poster of the right-wing organisation, the event will be held on February 2 at a school in Chennai. Besides Vembu, the event was expected to see the participation of Rama Ramachandran, managing director at Accenture Solutions and head of Chennai operations.
However, after the Accenture executive said he "never agreed to speak at or attend" the RSS organised event next month in the city, the organisers removed his name from the invite.
Ramachandran took to Twitter and said, "I am not sure how this misunderstanding happened, but I have no affiliation with this group and never agreed to speak at or attend this event," said Rama S Ramachandran, MD - clients delivery at Accenture solutions in India."
Meanwhile, BJP functionaries are excited about the reaction of Vembu. "Sabash! Sridhar Vembu," said BJP spokesperson Narayanan Tirupathi, adding that "it was special to see Vembu's tweet".
RSS leaders said it is not new to invite corporate honchos to their functions. In the past, HCL chief Shiv Nadar among others has attended RSS events.
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