WEB DESK
Terming the death of Café Coffee Day owner VG Siddhartha as “very unfortunate”, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said if all industrialists leave the country like this or commit suicide then it is a dangerous signal for the country.
She said that the coffee baron was depressed due to “harassment from different agencies”, failed to run his business and finally gave up. “I’m feeling sad today because it should not be the future of the industry or agriculture”
She likened the incident to businessmen contemplating to leave the country in the face of huge pressure at a time when opposition political parties were afraid of horse-trading and harassment for political vendetta.
“I am deeply shocked by the incident relating to VG Siddhartha, Coffee Cafe Day founder. It is indeed very sad and very unfortunate.”
“From what he has expressed (in his letter), it appears that he was greatly depressed due to harassment and pressure from different agencies for which he could not run his business in a peaceful manner,” Mamata Banerjee wrote on her Facebook wall on Wednesday.
“I hear from different sources that captains of industry in the country are under pressure; some of them have left the country and some are contemplating to move out. All the opposition political parties are afraid of horse-trading and harassment with a political vendetta,” Mamata Banerjee stated extending her condolences to Siddhartha’s family members.
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