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In what seems to beryllium a motion of truce aft a agelong warfare of words, industrialist and Biocon laminitis Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw visited Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar astatine his residence successful Sadashiva Nagar connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025).
“It was a pleasance to conscionable Ms. @kiranshaw, entrepreneur and Founder of Biocon, astatine my residence today. We had an engaging treatment connected Bengaluru’s growth, innovation, and the way up for Karnataka’s maturation story,” work a station connected Mr. Shivakumar’s X handle.
The gathering has turned heads fixed that it comes aft a bitter speech betwixt Ms. Shaw and Mr. Shivakumar aft the former’s disapproval connected the mediocre authorities of infrastructure successful Bengaluru.
Social media sparring
The speech started with Ms. Shaw, connected Monday (October 13), criticising the abysmal infrastructure successful the metropolis connected her X handle.
“I had an overseas concern visitant to Biocon Park who said ‘Why are the roads truthful atrocious and wherefore is determination truthful overmuch garbage around? Doesn’t the Govt privation to enactment investment? I person conscionable travel from China and can’t recognize wherefore India can’t get its enactment unneurotic particularly erstwhile the winds are favourable?’” it read.
The remark drew crisp reactions from respective Ministers, including IT-BT curate Priyank Kharge, and Industries Minister M.B. Patil. Mr. Shivakumar, however, took a conciliatory code urging to “build the metropolis together, alternatively of tearing it down.”
The conversation, however, soon turned governmental with respective Congrees ministers and functionaries questioning Ms. Shaw implicit her soundlessness connected ‘GST issues.’
Responding to this, connected October 15, Ms. Shaw wrote connected X, “We are successful this dire concern due to the fact that of past Govts nonaccomplishment to enactment successful time. This Government has the accidental to alteration this n enactment accelerated to hole these decades of deteriorating infrastructure n garbage management (sic).”
Infuriated by this, Mr. Shivakumar alleged that Ms. Shaw was tarnishing the representation of the State and the state by specified societal media posts.
“Where was she for the past 25 years? Bengaluru has made the highest publication to her growth. Those who criticise indispensable retrieve however overmuch of onshore the authorities has fixed to them to found their concern successful Bengaluru,” helium said speaking to reporters connected Wednesday (October 15, 2025).
Ms. Shaw besides met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and wished him connected the juncture of Deepavali.
