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Former Motorola Mobility CEO and presently CEO of GlobalFoundries, Sanjay Jha, (henceforth referred to as Corporate Jha to avoid confusion) has decided to change his name after being severely abused by people from all walks of life. According to Corporate Jha, thousands of anti-Congress and pro-BJP fans, mistaking him for the Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha, end up severely abusing and criticizing him day in and day out.
“I can’t take it anymore, yaar,” Jha told The UnReal Times. “For almost two years now, I’ve borne the brunt of having the same name as the ridiculous Congress spokesperson. Every night, during and after The Newshour, my Twitter, Facebook and Gmail accounts get flooded with irate messages. Earlier, I used to send polite replies saying that I am not that Sanjay Jha. But with the volumes of scorn increasing by the day, the best I can do nowadays is to make sure I am efficient at locating the 1 in 100 genuine messages meant for me.”
And then there is the not so small issue of Arnab’s aides mistakenly inviting him to panel cock-fights on The NewsHour. “Initially, I used to feel amused and then give them the other Jha’s number. But I don’t understand why they still call me up. I suspect the other Jha directs them to me on days when he wants to avoid Arnab’s show,” he speculated.
Corporate Jha went on to reveal that even his business life is now getting affected. “When I try to strike deals with vendors, they express skepticism and doubts over my credibility, saying a Google background search, especially links to articles on HamaraCongress, doesn’t give them much cause for comfort. Then I have to waste precious bandwidth in sending them selfies to convince them that I am not that Jha,” Corporate Jha added.
Corporate Jha said he has no option now but to go in for a change of name. “For the moment, as far as Indian affairs are concerned, I’m making do with my Aadhaar number while I zero in on a new name. I’m preparing a list of all Congress leaders and spokespersons, in order to avoid the faintest similarity with any of their names,” he said.
The Congress spokesperson, Sanjay Jha, was quick to blame Modi for his namesake’s woes. “Well, Ashwin, two points – first of all,” the Congress Jha said, “It is in the mentality and psyche of the BJP and the RSS to shower abuse on anyone and everyone and not spare even a shred of respect, and secondly, all this was only compounded in 2002, when Mr Modi perpetrated genocide of the most vile kind, the consequences of which both Sanjay and I are still grappling with…”
At this point, this correspondent fled the scene.