K'taka Dy CM, Telangana CM spar over letter to Foxconn

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday engaged in a spat over a purported letter by the Congress leader to Foxconn chairman to shift Apple AirPods manufacturing unit from Hyderabad to Karnataka.

Rao alleges Shivakumar wrote to several national and international companies in Hyderabad to shift their factories to Karnataka

Rao alleged that Shivakumar wrote to several national and international companies in Hyderabad to shift their factories to Karnataka. Shivakumar rubbished the charge saying that the letter based on which Rao made the allegation was fake. He also got an FIR registered at Vidhana Soudha police station against the creator of the fake letter.

BRS accuses Karnataka Congress government of conspiring against Hyderabad

The Bharat Rashtra Samiti today accused the Karnataka Congress government, specifically Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar, of conspiring against Hyderabad. The party alleged that the letters were written to many companies offering incentives to come to Bengaluru.

Shivakumar rubbishes the charge, says letter is fake

Shivakumar hit out at Rao for his accusation. He said Rao posted a fake letter on the micro-blogging site and commented on it. He further added that the letterhead used in the fake letter is an old one that was used by MLAs 15 years ago and the green color letterhead is not used by MLAs in the Karnataka assembly.

Shivakumar files FIR against the creator of the fake letter

Seeing a conspiracy of the BRS, the Deputy CM said, I don’t know why these BRS people stooped to such a level and the chief minister is commenting on it. Shivakumar, who is also Congress Karnataka president, said he has asked his secretary to lodge a police complaint at the Vidhana Soudha police station.

Many multinational companies on their own have shown willingness to invest in Karnataka: Shivakumar

According to Shivakumar, many multinational companies on their own have shown willingness to invest in Karnataka looking at this strong government. In this context, he said he had a meeting with the Toyota executives who wanted to expand their business here.

Lamenting the development, the Deputy CM said, Our Telangana counterpart need not have to be involved in such a small. I am very sorry for that.