Bill Gates’s Andhra Pradesh greeting sparked backlash amid Epstein Files rage.

The government of Andhra Pradesh welcomed Microsoft co-founder and Gates Foundation chairman Bill Gates on Monday. However, this was criticized because Gates has been charged with misconduct because of his correspondence in the Epstein Files. The computer mogul from the United States was also charged with “treating India like a lab” in order to produce his goods.

“Absolutely absurd and completely false” is how Gates has described accusations connected to the Epstein Files.At Gannavaram Airport, Gates was greeted by Nara Lokesh and other Cabinet members.  “Welcome to Amaravati, Mr Bill Gates. It was a pleasure to receive the Chair of the Gates Foundation at Gannavaram Airport today,” Lokesh said in a post on ‘X’.

According to a PTI report, Gates visited the state secretariat to examine ways to improve collaboration in the areas of health, agriculture, education, and technology-driven government projects. In a post on X, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu traced his relationship with Gates back to 1997, when he shared his plans for the state’s IT industry.

“What began as a conversation about building a technology ecosystem back then has now evolved into a broader mission of using innovation to transform governance and improve lives at scale,” posted Naidu, adding that he had on Monday presented his “vision for Swarna Andhra 2047”.

Discussing areas for cooperation with the Gates Foundation “to empower our people and enhance their quality of life” was the goal, according to Naidu. According to an ANI report, Gates would attend the AI-India Impact Summit.

Bill Gates is the chairman of the Gates Foundation, his charitable endeavor, even though he resigned as chairman of Microsoft in 2014. A portion of the public, however, criticized Gates’ reception because of texts found in the Epstein Files that claimed he had engaged in sexual activity as a member of Jeffrey Epstein’s ring. In 2019, Epstein, a convicted pedophile, passed away in prison.

The most recent portion of the 3.5 million pages of records connected to Epstein that the US Justice Department made public included Bill Gates’ name. Epstein claimed in one note that he assisted Gates in obtaining medicines “to deal with consequences of sex with Russian girls.”

During his interview with Nine News, Gates denied the claims that he had gotten an STD from “sex with Russian girls” when he was married to Melinda Gates. In an NPR program, Melinda Gates speculated that the demise of her husband’s 27-year marriage may have been caused by his connection to Jeffrey Epstein.

Gates’s India visit came amid criticism over the alleged Epstein links and treating India as a laboratory.

“Bill Gates is a pdf, mentioned multiple times in the files  , even his wife left him for that and he treats India as a testing lab for his products and Indians like lab rats,” wrote Veena Jain on X.

“His [Gates’s] name has appeared multiple times in the Epstein files along with photos. After knowing all this, anyone should avoid meeting him,” Anup Dhote, in-charge of Madhya Pradesh Kisan Congress, posted on X.