The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday hit out at Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on her "government does not want to hear any criticism" statement. Speaking with India Today TV, BJP leader Amit Malviya said some of the corporate houses are cribbing since "their privileges got over when PM Narendra Modi came to power".

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw had on Sunday said that criticised the Central government, alleging it does not want to hear any criticism of the economy. Taking to Twitter, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said, "Hope the government reaches out to India Inc for working out solutions to revive consumption and growth. So far, we are all pariahs and the government does not want to hear any criticism of our economy."

Speaking to India Today TV, Kiram Mazumdar-Shaw said any criticism that has been offered from the Indian Inc on the economic reforms and the economy has been viewed as anti-national or anti-Modi government.

"It is clear that in the recent past, any criticism that is offered from India Inc on economic reforms and the economy, in general, is viewed as anti-national or anti-Modi govt which is ridiculous. We all have vested in the country, in the economy; we want to help the government, we want to help with the economic revival. Many of my fellows in the industry are afraid to speak their minds. No one wants to be perceived as anti-government," Kiram Mazumdar-Shaw said.

Responding to the allegations, BJP's Amit Malviya said the Modi government is not an authoritarian government and the allegations that it does not accept any kind of criticism are "far from the truth".

"The allegations have been levelled ever since PM Modi came to power. Why because the earlier regime made policies that were meant to benefit certain corporate houses. The policies were made on how certain corporate houses wanted them to be. Bank loans were given indiscriminately to a handful of them and they continued to prosper particularly those who had their legacy in the 'license raj'. PM Modi's regime has been a fair and equitable regime where everyone runs and does their businesses as per the policy that is not meant to please or further business interests of one corporate house over the other," Amit Malviya said.

He said, "There is elite in our society which was earlier very close to the ruling political elite of the country namely the Gandhis. It has changed since 2014. They want these privileges from this government which we are not willing to do because at the end of the day, we want everybody to feel that it is their government."

Reacting to Amit Malviya's statements, Kiram Shaw said she agrees that some corporate houses took undue advantage of the previous government but not all followed the same path.

"Why are being maligned and targeted with the same kind of optics? What is important for the government to understand is we are as nationalist, as vested in the government and in the economy as they are. They need to reach out to people like us to help them solve the problem in a corroborated partnership," Kiram Mazumdar-Shaw said.

Policy analyst Sanjay Baru said, "Doing business in India is becoming more difficult and it is a factor."

"What Rahul Bajaj said exists. I don't think Rahul Bajaj would have said what he said if he did not believe that such a feeling exists. I was shocked to see Nirmala Sitharaman stating that 'what Rahul Bajaj said was not in the interest of the country'. Who decides what is in the national interest? If Rahul Bajaj would not have a national interest in mind, who else? The argument is overblown but there was a kernel of truth in it."