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West Bengal Speaker Apologizes Over Aditya Vikram Birla Remarks

West Bengal Speaker Apologizes Over Aditya Vikram Birla Remarks
West Bengal Speaker Apologizes After Remarks Against Aditya Vikram Birla Spark Row · freepressjournal.in

West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose apologized to Ananya Birla.

Ananya Birla is the granddaughter of industrialist Aditya Vikram Birla.

Bose said Aditya Vikram Birla was treated badly by trade union workers in Kolkata.

He said this happened near the city’s General Post Office.

Bose said Aditya Vikram Birla did not return to Kolkata afterward.

He wrote the apology after seeing Ananya Birla help flood victims in Assam.

Bose spoke about the matter at a meeting hosted by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce.

BJP leader Samik Bhattacharya has also criticized the earlier incident.

Key facts

Speaker
Rathindra Bose, Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly
Recipient of apology
Ananya Birla
Person at center of past incident
Aditya Vikram Birla
Alleged location
Near the General Post Office in Kolkata
Bose’s allegation
Trade union workers treated Aditya Vikram Birla inhumanely
Related relief effort
Ananya Birla was shown serving relief materials in flood-affected Jorhat, Assam
Other political reaction
BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya has condemned the incident

Quotes

Rathindra Bose

Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

“Aditya Vikram Birla was treated inhumanely in front of the GPO in Kolkata in the hands of trade union workers. After this incident, he never came back to Kolkata. The scar still remains.”
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