The political rivalry between deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar and Union minister HD Kumaraswamy has escalated again, with the Karnataka government’s renewed push to build a new IT city in Bidadi—an area that falls squarely within Kumaraswamy’s home turf.

The timing seems deliberate: Shivakumar brought up the project at the Bengaluru Tech Summit in front of global technology leaders and major investors preparing to sign new MoUs during the three-day event.

“We have a new IT city being planned in Bidadi as global leaders are ready to invest billions in Bengaluru," he said.

The state has been promoting the plan as a Rs 20,000-crore, next-generation AI-IT cluster city under the proposed Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT).

With protests intensifying and both Shivakumar and Kum

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