hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh’s IT and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh clearly would not wish to neglect the painful disrespect given to her by her Karnataka counterpart Priyank Kharge.
In a put up on
“Andhra meals is claimed to be spicy, and it seems that a few of our investments are as properly. A few of our neighbors are already feeling the ache!” Lokesh wrote to X.
Though Lokesh didn’t identify the “neighbor”, netizens have been fast to react.
Andhra delicacies is claimed to be spicy. A few of our investments look like related. Some neighbors are already feeling the burn. 🌶️🔥 #andhrarising #YoungestStateBestInvestment
— Lokesh Nala (@naralokesh) October 16, 2025
“The neighbors suppose they’re Silicon Valley…In reality, the infrastructure collapses on daily basis from 9pm to 5pm,” replied one physician underneath Lokesh’s put up.
Nara Lokesh’s put up got here a day after Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge was reported to have stated that the Related Press big incentive bundle for tech big Google is an “financial catastrophe”.
The US-based expertise big on Tuesday introduced a strategic funding of $15 billion over 5 years to arrange India’s first synthetic intelligence hub in Visakhapatnam (also called Vizag) with gigawatt-scale information facilities and a sturdy undersea community.
The undertaking goals to “place Vizag because the nation’s flagship AI metropolis and a catalyst for next-generation digital infrastructure and innovation.”
A day later, opposition events BJP and JD(S) accused the Congress authorities of lacking out on massive initiatives and investments in Karnataka, with Priyank Kharge in sizzling water.
In a tweet, the Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Get together questioned whether or not Priyank had the flexibility to draw investments like Google, which might have “offered employment to 30,000 folks and earned Rs 10,000 crore for the state.”
Priyank Kharge defended himself by saying that the Bharatiya Janata Get together and the Bharatiya Janata Get together (NDA alliance, of which the TDP can also be an element) conveniently ignore the truth that Andhra Pradesh has given Google “incentives value Rs 22,000 crore, 25% land subsidy, 25% water subsidy, free electrical energy and 100% reimbursement of state GST.”
The Parliamentary Minister went on to query: “Can the state afford this?”
“If Karnataka had proposed the identical, we’d have been accused of placating the trade and draining Karnataka’s funds,” he advised reporters.
CM Chandrababu Naidu and CM Lokesh credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Google’s big funding and development of information facilities in Andhra. Priyank requested, “What was the Bharatiya Janata Get together MP (from Karnataka) doing?”
Priyank additionally claimed that the Siddaramaiah authorities had no discussions with Google over the AI undertaking, which was ultimately transferred to neighboring Andhra Pradesh.
Nara Lokesh’s tweet, posted the following day, “sparked” the dialogue between the 2 international locations and sparked Twitter exercise on each side.
“You’re a minister in a state authorities. I urge you to talk on this podium befitting the dignity of the workplace you occupy. Competitors between states is nice, however stopping trolling is in unhealthy style. Thanks for drawing consideration to this problem,” one Varun Hari Prasad, who recognized himself as a Kannadiga, posted.
Nevertheless, not everybody appears involved about Andhra Pradesh attracting big investments. “A few of our neighbors are already feeling the burn?! Who??? Solely Karnataka is feeling the burn! Particularly Bengaluru!!! Take away some jobs, initiatives, plenty of folks, troubles, visitors. We have to breathe free,” Bengaluru resident Bobby Mathew posted underneath Lokesh’s put up.
Lokesh vs Priyank
Earlier this month, Mr. Lokesh’s tweet during which he sought to draw funding to close by Ananthapuram in Andhra Pradesh by capitalizing on the resentment of some entrepreneurs over Bengaluru’s “crumbling infrastructure” drew Mr. Priyank’s ire.
“It is pure for a weaker ecosystem to prey on a stronger one. There’s nothing improper with that. However when it turns into a determined prey, it reveals extra weak point than energy,” Priyank posted in response to Lokesh’s on-line scouting, including, “By the way in which, what do you name an organism that lives in or on one other species and advantages from getting vitamins on the different species’ expense?”
It’s pure for weaker ecosystems to feed stronger ones. There’s nothing improper with that, however when it turns into determined scavenging, it reveals extra weak point than energy.
– Bangalore’s GDP is anticipated to develop considerably by 8.5% by 2035, making it the world’s #1… https://t.co/E2tRggt8UW
— PriyankKharge (@PriyankKharge) October 2, 2025
Lokesh additionally responded with out hesitation. “Vanity, like a pothole, should be mounted first earlier than it turns into a stumbling block within the journey,” the Andhra minister stated, including that he had submitted a “modest proposal”.
As India’s youngest state, we’re exploring each alternative to develop and create jobs. I really consider that India will prosper when international locations compete for funding and jobs.
My humble suggestion – conceitedness like potholes must be mounted first earlier than the journey… https://t.co/niVlB5ke7Z
— Lokesh Nala (@naralokesh) October 2, 2025
Lokesh accompanied his father and CM Naidu on PM Modi’s go to to Srisailam-Kurnool on Thursday after getting “burned by spicy meals from the neighbourhood”, a detailed aide of the minister advised ThePrint, “all is in good spirits”.
(Edited by Vinny Mishra)
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