The Economic Times

Union Steel minister Kumaraswamy targets Karnataka CM Shivakumar over HMT land diversion in Bengaluru

Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy alleged complicity in HMT land diversion during a past tenure. He directed officials to prepare a report on the alleged alienation of 175 acres. Substantial portions of this land were transferred to private entities for development. Kumaraswamy questioned the Karnataka government's readiness to reclaim the land. He displayed maps and documents detailing beneficiaries of these transactions.