Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Calls India’s Citizenship Limits ‘Sad’

Satya NadellaPhotographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg
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Two high profile Indian-born business leaders -- Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla -- have added their voices to criticisms of India’s new religion-based citizenship law that has roiled the country and led to violent protests.

Nadella, Microsoft Corp’s chief executive officer, said the Citizenship Amendment Act, which bans undocumented Muslim migrants from neighboring countries from seeking citizenship in India while allowing immigrants from other religions to do so, is “sad.”