New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- Biocon founder and Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Sunday hit back at Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar after he accused her of having "some personal agenda" against the state government.

The Congress party leader made those remarks during a program in KR Puram, where he said, "They have some personal agenda with them. Why didn't they open their mouth during BJP regime," referring to Mazumdar-Shaw and Aarin Capital chairperson Mohandas Pai's posts on pothole-ridden roads in Bengaluru.

Mazumdar-Shaw responded to the Deputy CM's remarks in a X (formerly Twitter) post, by stating, "Not true. Both @TVMohandasPai and I have criticised deteriorating infrastructure in our city to previous BJP & JDS Governme...