Bengaluru: Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Rokesh has led to a fierce alternate together with his counterpart in Priyank Karju, Karnataka, by seducing Bengaluru-based corporations into the state with guarantees of higher infrastructure and coverage.
On Thursday, Rokesh responded to a social media information put up about a number of companies relocating from Outerring Highway in Bengaluru to the north of city.
“The North is good. A little bit extra north is Anantapur. We’re constructing a world-class aerospace and protection ecosystem!” he posted on X.
The response from Kharge was fast and didn’t result in calling Andhra Pradesh a “parasite.”
“It is pure that weak ecosystems feed extra highly effective ecosystems. It is nothing unsuitable, however when it turns into determined cleansing, it exhibits weak point relatively than power,” writes Kharge.
He then continued to level out just a few issues about Bengaluru. These embody contributions to nationwide GDP, the thriving actual property market and different attributes. He mentioned, “What are the organisms that dwell in or on different species of organisms and people who profit from deriving vitamins at the price of others?”
It’s pure that weak ecosystems feed extra highly effective ecosystems. It is nothing unsuitable, however when it turns right into a hopeless cleansing, it exhibits extra weak point than power.
– Bengaluru’s GDP is projected to develop at a big 8.5% till 2035, and is positioned as the worldwide… https://t.co/e2trggt8uw
-Priyank Kharge / Priyank Khargay (@priyankkharge) October 2, 2025
Rokesh returned to Karju late Thursday.
“As India’s youngest state, we’re in search of each alternative to develop and create jobs. We actually consider that India will flourish because the nation competes for funding and work,” he posted.
Nonetheless, he wasn’t completed and took one other dig with Kharge and Bengaluru. “My humble suggestion – like a pothole on the street, rog vanity must be first corrected earlier than the journey stumbles!”
As India’s youngest state, we’re in search of each alternative to develop and create jobs. I actually consider that India will flourish because the state competes for funding and work.
My humble suggestion – like a pothole on the street, rog vanity should first be corrected earlier than a journey… https://t.co/nivlb5ke7z
-Lokesh Nara (@naralokesh) October 2, 2025
That is the most recent caustic alternate between two ministers who had beforehand traded barbs, and Rokesh has not wasted the chance for Bengaluru-based corporations to air infrastructure-related complaints on-line.
In his try to dive in direction of the firms from Karnataka, Rokesh styled his technique relating to the technique of former Telangana IT Minister KT Ramarao.
Since Andhra’s ruling Telugu Desam Social gathering (TDP) joined the Nationwide Democratic Alliance Prime Minister, who leads Narendra’s modi on the Centre, Rokesh has sought to make the most of each alternative to current himself throughout the state’s borders. Most of his consideration is in Congress-controlled Karnataka, the place insufficient and crumbling infrastructure, frequent floods and visitors veil the town’s well-known attributes.
In accordance with individuals who know what Rokesh works, a crew of younger IT ministers are scouting on-line for alternatives.
In June, when Mysuru-based Rum Distiller highlighted the problem of working enterprise in Karnataka, Rokesh’s crew rapidly sought him.
Aruna Urs, co-founder of Mysuru-based Craft Rum Distiller Huli, obtained a name from a good friend who conveyed a uncommon message on behalf of Lokesh. The minister’s crew prolonged the provide for a “tailor-made excise coverage” and the purple carpet was welcomed if he moved Craftram’s microdistillery to close by states, the print reported.
Whether or not it is upset over Devanahari’s infrastructure in Bengaluru or the CEO of Blackbuck complaining in regards to the poor infrastructure in Outerling Highway, Rokesh has emphasised that higher providers and amenities in his state.
(Edited by Nida Fatima Siddiqui)
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