“I think what is happening is sad” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Amid ongoing protests against the amended citizenship law that came into force on January 10, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday termed the situation in the country as “sad.”

Amid ongoing protests against the amended citizenship law that came into force on January 10, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday termed the situation in the country as “sad.”

“I think what is happening is sad… It’s just bad…. I would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant who comes to India and creates the next unicorn in India or becomes the next CEO of Infosys,” he told BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith at a Microsoft event in Manhattan.

In a gazette notification, the Union home ministry said the act under which non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be given Indian citizenship, will come into force from January 10.

The CAA was passed by the parliament on December 11 last year.