“Ethnic Bias or Cost Cutting? Inside the mass removal of Hindu employees at LyondellBasell”, Organiser, June 21, 2026

“The Unraveling Begins: It is the end of August 2025. What began as a quiet organisational change towards the end of August 2025 has since unravelled into what many former employees are calling a targeted and systematic removal of Indian Hindu professionals from LyondellBasell’s (LYB) Enterprise Architecture division in Mumbai, India. LyondellBasell is one of the world’s largest plastics and chemicals companies, with its global headquarters in Houston, Texas.

The first sign came without warning. A well-respected Senior Director who had earned the trust and loyalty of his team through years of decisive leadership – was abruptly dismissed. No formal reason was communicated to the team. No transition plan was put in place. He was simply gone. Those who worked under him described him as not just a manager, but a pillar – someone who proactively drove the growth and structural strengthening of the Enterprise Architecture function, consistently went to bat for his team without discrimination, and built an inclusive environment where merit was the only currency that mattered. His sudden removal sent the first ripple of unease through the department.

A new face, A new agenda

On the very same day the Senior Director was let go, a new name surfaced – Razi Dakhan, a Pakistani Muslim, brought in under circumstances that employees found deeply suspicious given the timing. Sources who reviewed Dakhan’s publicly available LinkedIn and Facebook profiles describe content that reveals strong religious and national allegiances with posts and associations demonstrably skewed in favour of Indian and Pakistani Muslim causes. For someone placed in a leadership role overseeing a diverse Indian team, this publicly declared ideological orientation raised immediate red flags among those who worked under him. What followed in the next ten days would prove their fears justified…….”

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