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Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal Challenges LinkedIn Over Gender Pronouns

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Highlights
  • Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal criticizes LinkedIn and Microsoft over their 'woke' policies.
  • LinkedIn removes Bhavish Aggarwal's post on gender pronouns, sparking controversy.
  • Bhavish Aggarwal cuts ties with Microsoft Azure in response to the incident.
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Bhavish Aggarwal, the CEO of Ola, criticized LinkedIn and Microsoft for their policies. He said Ola will move its work from Microsoft's Azure to its own cloud. Aggarwal believes Western ideas like pronouns don't fit in India. He thinks Western companies shouldn't decide Indian culture. Aggarwal's post came after LinkedIn removed his post about pronouns. He mentioned Ola's women-only plant and criticized the use of pronouns as a political ideology. Aggarwal wants to fight against this Western system that affects his business. Aggarwal's post on X criticized LinkedIn for removing his post about pronouns. LinkedIn said his post didn't follow their rules. Aggarwal accused LinkedIn's AI of forcing political ideas on Indian users. He believes India should create its own technology to avoid outside influence. Aggarwal's post led to discussions about pronouns and AI. People supported him and talked about the importance of AI education in India. Aggarwal shared a screenshot of LinkedIn removing his post about pronouns. He said many in India don't understand this pronoun issue. He thinks it's a trend in corporate culture, especially in multinational companies. His post got many responses and started a debate on social media.

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