Ashneer Grover, co-founder of BharatPe landed in major controversy after he remarked on Indore’s position as India’s cleanest city. The BharatPe co-founder asserted that a central government survey which stated Madhya Pradesh’s Indore as the cleanest city in the country was brought. 

These aforesaid remarks by Ashneer Grover have gone viral across the social media platforms. Following, the viral video has caused a major backlash and thereby erupted a controversy.  Taking cognizance of the matter, Indore’s mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava asserted to sue Ashneer Grover for defamation. 

In the video, Ashneer Grover can be heard saying that the problem with him is that for three-four years, he has heard that Indore is the cleanest city. He added that the survey was brought and that it is a simple thing. Evidently, the crowd, which was hooting at the mention of the city’s achievements just seconds earlier, loudly booed BhartPe co-founder Ashneer Grover.

Witnessing the response from the crowd, Ashneer Grover swiftly clarified that he just meant that there was a lot of construction work in Indore, and he did not suggest that the city had filth all over. He told the crowd that it was not just chip packets which are taken into consideration for the cleanest city ranking but the debris too.

Reacting to the viral video and the remarks of BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover, Indore’s Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava told news agency PTI, that he had seen Ashneer Grover’s video. He added that his statement is an insult to the hard work of the city’s people and sanitation workers for cleanliness. He further affirmed that he will take appropriate legal action against this insult and also serve Ashneer Grover a notice for defamation.

As far as reports are concerned, Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has topped the list of India’s cleanest cities for six consecutive years under the Centre’s Swachh Survekshan Awards.

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The tussle between the BharatPe management and Ashneer Grover is not going to rest anytime soon. BharatPe CEO took a jibe at Grover and said that he cannot pay salaries to his employees as Grover stole it all.

It all started when a former BharatPe employee, Karan Darki took to LinkedIn and shared his plight. He requested the company to pay his salary for the month of March. The employee also alleged that BharatPe terminated the employment of all the old administrative staff and has not credited their salaries yet.

Ashneer Grover commented on the post and asked the company to look into the matter. He also tagged the CEO, Suhail Sameer, and Hersimran Kaur who is the new head of financial control.

Grover’s sister Aashima Grover also commented on the post and called it a shameless bunch following which Suhail Sameer wrote that very little was left to pay salaries as Grover stole all the money.

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On Thursday, Ashneer Grover hit back at the chairman Rajnish Kumar and the CEO Suhail Sameer. He took to social media and wrote that he just heard BharatPe closed its first quarter of degrowth and maximum cash burn under the able leadership of Rajnish Kumar and Suhail Sameer. He further wrote that snatching keys and running a company are two different skills. He also wrote that ab nani yaad aayegi which means now they will regret their decision.

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Ashneer Grover resigned from his position of managing director (MD) of Fintech platform BharatPe on Tuesday. Just a day after, BharatPe released a statement in which they said that they have removed co-founder and managing director (MD) from all positions in the company.

BharatPe in their statement said that they reserve the right to take further legal action against Grover and his family but remained silent on his resignation.

In the statement, it was mentioned that the Board will not allow the deplorable conduct of the Grover family to tarnish BharatPe’s reputation or that of its hard-working employees and world-class technology. As a result of his misdeeds, Mr. Grover is no longer an employee, a founder, or a director of the company.

BharatPe also said that the success of BharatPe is a result of the collective effort of a large team of dedicated and talented professionals and not any one individual. We are confident that the company is marking the beginning of a new chapter in its success–one grounded in trust and integrity–and we are excited to embark upon this next leg of our journey.

Earlier, Grover in his resignation said that he is writing this with a heavy heart as today he is being forced to bid adieu to a company of which he is a founder.

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He further said that since the beginning of 2022, unfortunately, he has been embroiled in baseless and targeted attacks on him and his family by a few individuals who are ready not only to harm him and his reputation but also harm the reputation of the company, which they are ostensibly trying to protect.

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After a spate of controversies took place at fintech firm BharatPe, Ashneer Grover resigned from his position of Managing Director and Director of the Board of BharatPe. His resignation came days after services of his wife Madhuri Jain Grover, who was the head of controls were terminated over the allegations of misappropriation of funds.

Ashneer in his resignation letter wrote that he is writing this with a heavy heart as today he is being forced to bid adieu to a company of which he is a founder. Grover said that he is saying this with his head held high that today this company stands as a leader in the fintech world. Since the beginning of 2022, unfortunately, he has been embroiled in baseless and targeted attacks on him and his family by a few individuals who are ready not only to harm him and his reputation but also harm the reputation of the company, which ostensibly they are trying to protect.

Grover further wrote that from being celebrated as the face of Indian entrepreneurship and an inspiration to the Indian youth to build their own businesses, he is now wasting himself fighting a long, lonely battle against his own investors and management. Unfortunately, in this battle, the management has lost what is actually at stake — BharatPe.

Meanwhile, Grover was caught in yet another controversy as a phone conversation went viral in which a man, alleged to be Ashneer Grover, was heard abusing an employee of Kotak Mahindra Bank after the lender has missed out on the initial public offering (IPO) allotment for Nykaa. At first, BharatPe managing director claimed the audio was fake. Later, he deleted the tweet. Kotak Mahindra Bank allegedly initiated a case against Ashneer Grover and his wife for using inappropriate language against their employees.

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BharatPe founder Ashneer Grover has recently hit headlines after his abusive call audio went viral on social media. The viral audio had two male voices and one female voice. Reportedly, a Twitter user had claimed that the voices were of Grover and his wife and an employee of the Kotak Mahindra Bank.

Later, Grover had claimed that the audio clip is fake and was an attempt to extort money from him.

On Monday, January 11 Kotak Mahindra Bank sent a legal notice to Ashneer Grover and his wife in connection with the abusive call made to one of the employees of the bank. It all started on October 30 when the couple had sent a legal notice to the bank without clarifying the reasons. If reports are to be believed, the couple had accused the bank of not getting Nykaa initial public offering. The couple had also sought Rs 500 crore from the bank of damages.

Followed by the legal notice sent to the bank by BharatPe, the bank has now sent the legal notice to the fintech company. In the notice, the bank said that the notice was received by them and was replied to appropriately at the time, including placing on record their objections to inappropriate language used by Grover. The bank also said that appropriate legal action is being pursued on the matter.

Amid all the hullabaloo, Tweeple are now urging everyone to uninstall the application.

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