Bengaluru, Aug. 25 -- Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Shobha Karandlaje has written to Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot urging him to withhold assent to the Karnataka Government Parks (Preservation) (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

In her representation, Karandlaje said the bill fundamentally alters the protective character of the Karnataka Government Parks (Preservation) Act, 1975, and creates a sweeping statutory mechanism for alienation of public parks and gardens for purposes other than their preservation.

The Union Minister flagged the proposed insertion of sub-section (2) to Section 5 as the most alarming feature. The clause empowers the State Government, upon recommendation of a...