Singer Ananya Birla slams US restaurant for being ‘racist'
New York: Ananya Birla, the daughter of Aditya Birla Group's billionaire chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, has slammed a US restaurant for being racist , saying the Italian-American dining place in California literally threw her and her family out of their premises.
The singer and artist took to Twitter to share her ordeal on Saturday, saying this is not okay .
This restaurant @ScopaRestaurant literally threw my family and I, out of their premises. So racist. So sad. You really need to treat your customers right. Very racist. This is not okay, she said in a tweet.
The Scopa Italian Roots restaurant is an Italian-American dining place by chef Antonia Lofaso in California.
We waited for 3 hours to eat at your restaurant. @chefantonia Your waiter Joshua Silverman was extremely rude to my mother, bordering racist. This isn't okay, Ananya said in another tweet, in which she tagged Lofaso.
She is the daughter of Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla and educationist and mental health activist Neerja Birla. In a tweet, Neerja also lashed out at the restaurant for ill-treating them.
Very shocking absolutely ridiculous behaviour by @ScopaRestaurant. You have no right to treat any of your customers like this, she said.
I have never experienced anything of this sort. Racism exists and is real. Unbelievable. @ScopaRestaurant, their son Aryaman Birla also tweeted.
This restaurant @ScopaRestaurant literally threw my family and I, out of their premises. So racist. So sad. You really need to treat your customers right. Very racist. This is not okay.
— Ananya Birla (@ananya_birla) October 24, 2020
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Hyderabad BJP LS candidate Madhavi Latha’s assets worth Rs 218 cr
Hyderabad: BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency K Madhavi Latha on Wednesday declared her family assets, both moveable and immovable worth Rs 218.38 crore.
Latha' s family has liabilities to the tune of Rs 27 crore.
Latha today submitted her nomination papers for the election to be held on May 13.
The BJP candidate's family owns 2.94 crore shares of Virinchi Ltd valued at Rs 94.44 crore. Latha's husband Vishwanath Kompalle, an IIT Madras alumni is founder of the fintech and healthcare company.
According to an election affidavit she filed, the family has movable assets worth Rs 165.46 crore including three dependents and immovable - Rs 55.92 crore.
She will take on All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and sitting MP Asaduddin Owaisi and the Congress has announced Mohammed Waliullah Sameer as its candidate.
She mentioned that she possesses a Masters degree in Political Science.
Owaisi has declared family assets at Rs 23.87 crore and liabilities of Rs 7 crore. He possessed a pistol and a rifle, according to his affidavit filed on April 19.
