‘Will not let investors go to other state’: Minister Parameshwara on Nara Lokesh’s aerospace park pitch

BENGALURU: Home Minister G Parmeshwara on Wednesday assured that the state will not let investors go to other states after Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh made a pitch to aerospace industries to shift the project to build an aerospace park to his state.

Parmeshwara said that if the Karnataka government is unable to provide land in Devanahalli, then they will find an alternative location. “If we are not able to give land in Devanahalli, we will give it at some other place. We will definitely not let the other investors go to other states, such as Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, or Tamil Nadu. We will definitely convince them to invest in Karnataka”, Parameshwara said.

#WATCH | Bengaluru | On Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh welcoming aerospace companies to his state after farmers’ protest in Karnataka, State Minister G Parameshwara says, ” If we are not able to give land in Devanahalli, we will give it at some other place. We will… pic.twitter.com/WJxbhCemDK

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This comes after Nara Lokesh made a pitch to the aerospace industry to shift the project to Andhra Pradesh, following the Karnataka government’s withdrawal of the plan to acquire land for an aerospace park in Bengaluru. Pitching to the aerospace industry, Lokesh said that Andhra Pradesh has an attractive aerospace policy with “best-in-class incentives” and over “8000 acres of ready-to-use land”

“Dear Aerospace industry, sorry to hear about this. I have a better idea for you. Why don’t you look at Andhra Pradesh instead? We have an attractive aerospace policy for you, with best-in-class incentives and over 8000 acres of ready-to-use land (just outside Bengaluru)! Hope to see you soon to talk across the table”, Nara Lokesh said in a post on X.

This comes as the Karnataka government decided to withdraw the plan to acquire 1,777 acres of farmland in Devanahalli taluk, near the Kempegowda International Airport, for a proposed aerospace park. This marks a major victory for farmers who had been protesting against the land acquisition.

ದೇವನಹಳ್ಳಿ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕು ಚನ್ನರಾಯಪಟ್ಟಣ ಹಾಗೂ ಇತರೆ ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳ ಭೂಸ್ವಾಧೀನ ಕೈಬಿಟ್ಟ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ರೈತರು – ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರರು ಧನ್ಯವಾದ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಭಾವನಾತ್ಮಕ ಕ್ಷಣಗಳಿಗೆ ಇಂದು ನಾಡು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಯಾಗಿದೆ.

ಸುದೀರ್ಘ ಹೋರಾಟ ಫಲ ನೀಡಿದ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯಭಾವ ರೈತರದ್ದಾದರೆ, ನುಡಿದಂತೆ ನಡೆದ ಸಾರ್ಥಕತೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ್ದು. pic.twitter.com/Ly8maksmaW

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 15, 2025

In a post on X, Siddaramaiah announced, “In keeping with our commitment to protect farmers’ interests and safeguard fertile agricultural land, the Government of Karnataka has decided to completely withdraw the land acquisition process in Channarayapatna and other villages of Devanahalli taluk in Bengaluru Rural district”. (ANI)