Newsroom, Jan 26: An Indian Muslim youth who had applied for a job in Dubai has been left aghast after his prospective employer, who happens to be an Indian, mailed back chiding him for looking for work and suggested that he should make a living (sic) by joining anti-CAA protestors in Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi.
Shaheen Bagh is the epicentre of ongoing mass demonstrations against contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.
Abdulla S.S, a 23-year-old youth from Kerala, who had applied for a mechanical engineer’s position in Dubai said he is still reeling from the shock of the email he got from UAE-based Indian expat Jayant Gokhale in response to his job application last week.
Hostile response

“Just a thought. Why u need a job? Go to Delhi and sit in Shaheen Bagh for protest. Every day you will get Rs 1000. Free food i.e Biryani, Unlimited amount of Tea and Milk, some time sweets also,” Gokhale said in the email which has since gone viral.
Scores have shared the email on social media seeking action against Gokhale who runs a consultancy in Dubai. Many said the email is offensive on two counts. First, it ridicules and discriminates a job seeker on the basis of his religious identity and, second, it undermines the credibility of Shaheen Bagh protestors by suggesting that they are being paid to sit in.
Abdullah said he’s sad and appalled. “I shared Mr Gokhale’s email with some friends. Who would have thought it would go viral. I don’t want any controversy. All I want is a job,” he was quoted as saying.
Gokhale apologises
“I am suffering from ill-health and undergoing dialysis. My email is being blown out of proportion. I didn’t mean what I wrote,” Gokhale was quoted as saying by a Gulf based newspaper.
“My message to candidate was not intended to hurt anyone in any manner or discriminate. I have already sent apology message to the concerned person [Abdullah],” he said in the email reproduced here ad verbum. “I very much value UAE’s outlook, policies and culture. I do not in anyway like to go against values of UAE. In fact I am very thankful to UAE for looking after my health,” he added.
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Yeddi too knocked out?
Some are without helmets....ow. bjp riders...
Congress BJP Bhai Bhai......
Public fools......ha haa
Panothi
I am enjoying goodness after my death........these useless will definetly go to hell
It is now new drama by sangha pariwar. Rss never wants tiranga in their nagpur head office , even on the day of independance.
Why all of sudden they started this drama.
Daal mein kuch kaala hain.
We cannot trust this goonda sha (encounter specialist)
Kannige mannerachuva karyakrama. hihihi
Just diverting the attantion of people from the recent murder
MP nalin kumar atleast knows how to ride two wheeler. I thought he is a useless.
wonderful rally, really enjoyed a lot with our all party members.
congress hatao bjp lavo,
Its Sunday!!! people normally dont have any work,. by the way i m sleeping at home and enjoying the holiday,
It looks like a congress rally!
why this rally and all doing in heavy traffic, simply troubling people. he s politician, can visit his party building, who told them to get down on the road,
Y Shobakka absent?
wow great rally i also participated, lucky to c amith shah in mangalore.
Since long time rallies are going on but no development are seen?
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