Biocon founder and chairman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw met Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar at his residence on Tuesday morning, October 21.
The visit created a stir on social media, coming just days after Shaw and Shivakumar had a heated exchange on Bengaluru’s infrastructure that grabbed headlines.
The controversy began when Shaw and other key voices, such as former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai, highlighted the poor condition of roads and civic neglect in Bengaluru, often dubbed the Silicon Valley of India.
Visuals from the outer residence of Deputy CM DK Shivakumar
While Shaw has yet to publicly comment on the visit, Shivakumar shared a picture of their meeting on X with the caption, “It was a pleasure to meet Ms. @kiranshaw, entrepreneur and founder of Biocon today at my residence.”
In the caption, he added that they discussed “Bengaluru’s growth, innovation and the way forward for Karnataka’s growth story”.
A few days ago, Shaw expressed her frustration over Bengaluru’s poor roads and garbage issues.
On X, she wrote: “I had a foreign business visitor to Biocon Park who said, ‘Why are the roads so bad and why is there so much garbage? Doesn’t the government want to support investment? I just came from China and I don’t understand why India can’t get it together, especially when the winds are favorable?’@siddaricamakumar @DKShagemsKhar.”
Responding to her remarks, Shivakumar said, “If she wants to develop them (roads), let her do it. If she comes and asks, we will give her roads,” ANI reported.
He also accused her of having “some personal agenda” against the state government and asked, “Why didn’t they open their mouths during the BJP regime”, referring to Mazumdar-Shaw and Mohandas Pai.
Responding to the remarks, the Deputy CM posted on X Shaw replied, “Not true. Both @TVMohandasPai and I have criticized the deteriorating infrastructure in our city to the previous BJP and JDS governments.”
