Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh hit back at Karnataka leaders after they questioned his state’s deal with Google AI.

“If they’re inefficient, what can I do? Their own industrialists say infrastructure is bad, there are power cuts. They should first fix those problems.”

Lokesh emphasised Andhra Pradesh’s leadership, calling it a “double engine bullet train sarkar” with clear vision and the ability to deliver projects quickly. “When states compete, India wins. I am not here for a Twitter war,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Oppostion Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) slammed Karnataka’s Congress-led government, claiming its inefficiency drove global tech giant Google to choose Andhra Pradesh for a 15 billion dollars AI hub in Vizag.

The party cited Bengaluru’s infrastructure issues, including

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