1 week Ago By James Paul
During her recent keynote at a university in Chennai, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman quipped that families must inculcate the value of “ inner strength ” in order to handle the academic and career pressure. The FM stated that achieving inner strength can only be achieved through divinity alone. She quipped, “ Seek G-d, learn good discipline, ” describing how “i nner strength ” or “ atma shakti ” will emerge with seeking the divine.
“ Inner shakti will come with growing atma shakti, ” the FM surmised. 'Seek god, learn good discipline': Nirmala Sitharaman on EY employee death, Congress reacts https://t.co/YMZcApZF58 — Business Today (@business_today) September 23, 2024 Union Finance Minister #NirmalaSitharaman called on colleges and universities to impart stress management lessons saying that this will help in increasing the students' inner strengths.
Her comments came amid the death of a 26-year-old CA professional. https://t.co/XzTgEaFcW9 — Business Today (@business_today) September 23, 2024 “ Dear Nirmala Sitharaman Ji, Anna had the inner strength ,” remarked Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, “to handle stress that came with pursuing a grueling CA degree.
” “It was the toxic work culture, ” she added, “ long work hours that took away her life .” The Shiv Sena leader further slammed the FM on her X/Twitter post, urging the FM to “ stop victim sharing ” and “try being a little sensitive.” Dear Nirmala Sitaraman ji, Anna had inner strength to handle the stress that came with pursuing a gruelling Chartered Accountancy degree.
It was the toxic work culture, long work hours that took away her life which needs to be addressed. Stop victim shaming and atleast try to be..
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com/HP9vMrX3qR — Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) September 23, 2024 Responding to Priyanka Chaturvedi’s reaction, the office of the FM released a statement alleging she is being misquoted and taken out of context over her speech at a deemed university on the outskirts of Chennai. The FM’s X/Twitter post tried to clarify that no names were taken in her speech, neither of the lady nor the firm; however, the Union Labor Ministry assured of a thorough investigation “ into the allegations of an exploitative work environment related to tragic demise .” Dear @priyankac19 , Had referred to this matter in a talk delivered in Tamil at a deemed University on the outskirts of Chennai.
Had specifically mentioned that after clearing a demanding and rigorous examination such as CA, the stress on her was unbearable. No names were taken,..
.— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) September 23, 2024 Meanwhile, taking a jibe at the FM on her earlier statement, the netizens urged the honorable minister to have some empathy over the grievous matter of exploitation of labor rights and not beat around the bush. Elect a clown, expect a circus.
pic.twitter.com/sAMingRHEZ — Siddharth (@DearthOfSid) September 22, 2024 Work pressure zyaada nahi hai, tum handle nahi kar paa rahe ho 🙏 pic.
twitter.com/mm9sTdCpMn — Azhar Jafri (@zhr_jafri) September 23, 2024 E in Nirmala Sitharaman stands for empathy. pic.
twitter.com/zSO2v7shMb — Narundar (@NarundarM) September 23, 2024 Nimo tai is just female version of Virus of 3 idiots pic.twitter.
com/Brlpd7NJaK — SwatKat💃 (@swatic12) September 23, 2024 If this screenshot is true, it confirms Sitharaman has zero empathy. pic.twitter.
com/CiF3C2wHvs — D.Muthukrishnan (@dmuthuk) September 23, 2024 What a sick response Shame on you Playing politics over a dead girl @nsitharaman — Haresh Shah (@haresh_66) September 23, 2024 OK, nice sermon madam @nsitharaman . Appreciate it.
So what are you going to do about firms which are promoting a toxic work culture? Only advising the students and young employees? https://t.co/x0Y43NqNqn — db 🇮🇳 (@db_is_db) September 23, 2024 See Also : Mother Slams EY’s Toxic Work Culture Over Daughter's Death By Overwork: Internet Demand ‘Right To Disconnect’ In India See Also: Amid EY Fresher’s Death By Work Stress Tragedy, Techies From Deloitte-TCS Share Toxic Work Culture Horrors.
