Rajiv Malhotra calls out Vijay Shekhar for Harvard funding; Paytm founder says..

We live within the golden period of social media the place we’ve got a bunch of choices to broadcast our views and disagreements to the world however what makes X (previously generally known as Twitter) a minimize above, is its townhall nature the place individuals from all walks of life can converge to outrage.

A latest publish by Elon Musk introduced Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar and creator Rajiv Malhotra towards one another over Harvard funding. Vijay Shekhar needed to face the fury of the Indian-born American Hindu nationalist creator after he confirmed his assist to Elon Musk’s tweet indicating the drawback of sidelining meritocracy within the title of equality and variety.

The X proprietor retweeted a video from The Matt Walsh Present about an alleged DEI rent linking it to the latest Alaska Airways mishap. Whereas sharing the video, Musk wrote, “Advantage ought to be the one cause for hiring, particularly for jobs the place your loved ones’s lives are at stake.”

Exhibiting his assist on Elon Musk’s opinion, Paytm founder commented “100″ on his X publish. Nonetheless, Vijay Shekhar’s motion derived sharp criticism from Rajiv Malhotra who accused him of contradicting his personal actions by supporting Musk’s opinion on benefit.

In one other tweet, Rajeev Malhotra shared Shekhar’s outdated video through which he might be seen speaking about giving a present to the Lakshmi Mittal and Household South Asia Institute. In response to its web site, the institute is “engaged in interdisciplinary analysis to advance and deepen the understanding of vital problems with South Asia and its relationship to the world”. In his tweet, Malhotra additionally accused Vijay Shekhar of “feeding the Harward snakes”.

Whereas sharing the Shekhar’s, Malhotra wrote, “Deshbhakti is a facade. @vijayshekhar additionally feeds the Harvard Snakes. In 2020, the top of Paytm, (the digital cost system), Vijay Shekhar Sharma additionally joined the elite group of Indian billionaires and donated an undisclosed sum of cash to assist the actions and analysis carried out by The Lakshmi Mittal and Household South Asia Institute. The Lakshmi Mittal & Household South Asia Institute has an inordinately excessive curiosity in India’s minorities & can be identified for its assist to radical Muslim narrative on Kashmir and different components of India.”

In response to Malhotra’s accusations, Vijay Shekhar wrote, “Not true info, sir. No such donation.”

In his one other publish, the Snakes of India author, knowledgeable his followers about having a telephonic dialog with Vijay Shekhar, the place he clarified that he did not make any such donations to Harvard College.

“He has assured me that although he did signal the settlement with Harvard, he has not but despatched them any cash, and won’t accomplish that. That is excellent news. I’m glad he’s on our facet. I instructed him in regards to the Woke anti-meritocracy gang of Marxists. How they’ve roped in Khalistanis, Kashmir separatists, Dalit extremists and numerous others to undermine India. He’s himself a product of meritocracy. I wish to encourage extra Indian billionaires to please stand by our Bharat right now,” he wrote on X.