Bengaluru business people are too decent and quiet compared to Delhi, Mumbai: Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has recently revealed that she finds entrepreneurs in Bengaluru "too decent" and "quiet" when compared to their counterparts in Delhi and Mumbai. Speaking to The Indian Express, she added that although the business community in the IT capital mostly keeps to themselves and uses strong words for the government only on social media.

Referring to how they refer to the government, Sitharaman said, "They barely listen to us, it's fine, but we can't be bothered to go to Delhi." But because these business leaders are very tech-savvy, they'll go about tweeting. "Hey central government, you're not doing this... you don't take care of Bengaluru... we are the next California," the minister said, imitating how the city's entrepreneurs act.

"One or two startups' problems cannot be seen as the entire startup world's problems. Many of them are doing alright. I don't want the sector to have any kind of apprehension. The government is very much with the startups, we want to be sure you will be given all the assistance," Nirmala Sitharaman said.

On Wednesday, she also hailed Bengaluru taxpayers for their contributions in building a strong and 'Viksit Bharat’, and said the Department of Revenue is running its entire national faceless income tax assessment scheme from Karnataka's capital city.