Amazon Akin To East India Company: RSS Linked Weekly

New Delhi, Sep 27: After attacking IT giant Infosys recently, the RSS-linked magazine Panchjanya has now targeted Amazon which is facing allegations of spending Rs 8,500 crore to bribe Indian officials in the last few years. The American company is called "Easy India Company 2.0" on the latest cover page of the latest issue.

Hitesh Shankar, the editor of Panchjanya, shared the picture of the cover page on Twitter in which Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos is seen. "#Amazon What does it do wrong that he needs to be bribed? Why do people consider this giant company a threat to indigenous entrepreneurship, economic freedom and culture? #Vocal_for_Local @epanchjanya, [sic]" the rough translation of his tweet in Hindi read.

The article claims that the activities of Amazon remind people of what East India Company did in India to capture power in the 18th century. The e-commerce giant has headed towards seizing the economic, political and personal freedom of Indian citizens, it alleges.