Bengaluru: Doubling down on his allegation that the Centre was “arm-twisting” companies to invest in Assam and Gujarat, among other BJP-ruled states, Karnataka Information Technology (IT) Minister Priyank Kharge, Tuesday, said that his state houses “38-40 percent of the country’s tech talent”, but the Narendra Modi-led central government has been sending away companies to places without any ecosystems.

“It is very clear that the central government is arm-twisting, poaching companies and diverting them to states where there are no ecosystems, and places that require, at least, five to 10 years more to build an ecosystem,” Priyank Kharge told ThePrint Tuesday. “If they are really interested in getting things done, places like Bengaluru, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu are the natural choices fr

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