Archive · 21 Aug 2026
West Bengal Speaker Apologizes Over Aditya Vikram Birla Remarks
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.
West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose apologized to Ananya Birla over the alleged insult of her grandfather, Aditya Vikram Birla, in Kolkata.
Bose said he wrote the apology after watching Ananya Birla distribute relief materials in flood-affected Jorhat, Assam.
He alleged that trade union workers treated Aditya Vikram Birla inhumanely near Kolkata’s General Post Office.
Bose said Aditya Vikram Birla never returned to Kolkata after the incident and that its memory remains painful.
BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya has also previously condemned the incident, according to the report.
- Who
- West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose, Ananya Birla, and her grandfather Aditya Vikram Birla are central to the report; BJP leader Samik Bhattacharya also commented on the incident.
- What
- Bose apologized to Ananya Birla for the alleged mistreatment of Aditya Vikram Birla in Kolkata.
- When
- The report does not provide a specific date; Bose discussed the matter at an interactive session.
- Where
- The alleged incident took place near the General Post Office in Kolkata, while the apology was discussed at the Bharat Chamber of Commerce.
- Why
- Bose said he was moved after seeing Ananya Birla distribute relief materials to flood-affected people in Jorhat, Assam.
- 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