Congress and DMK, who widely shared the video, called it an act of "arrogance" by the BJP and claimed that the businessman Srinivasan was forced to apologise to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

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Sri Annapoorna Restaurant owner Srinivasan could be heard saying to the Finance Minister that he was not affiliated to any party before apologising

BJP expelled a party member for sharing a video of Annapoorna Hotels' MD apologizing to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over GST remarks. CM Stali

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has expelled a party worker for making public a video of the owner of Shree Annapurna Hotel apologising to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This action follows Tamil Nadu BJP Chief K.