After Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal supported  Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy’s idea that youngsters  must work for at least 70 hours a week, industrialist Sajjan Jindal on Friday said he wholeheartedly endorsed Murthy’s statement. He said a five-day week culture is not what a rapidly developing country like India needs right now, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself works for 14-16 hours a day.

Our PM Narendra Modi ji works over 14-16 hours everyday. My father used to work 12-14 hours, 7 days a week. I work 10-12 hours everyday,” Jindal wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “We have to find passion in our work and in nation building.”

Elaborating on his point, Jindal said that India’s circumstances and challenges are unique from those in the developed nations.

“They (developed nations) are working 4 or 5 days a week because their earlier generations clocked longer and more productive hours. We can’t let shorter work weeks elsewhere become our standard!” he pointed out.

The 70-hour workweek discussion started after Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy highlighted India’s low work productivity and said the youth of India should be prepared to work 70 hours a week to elevate the nation’s work culture and compete effectively on the global stage.