Bengaluru, June 15 -- Setting the stage for a fresh political flashpoint in Karnataka, references to Prime Minister Narendra Modi have now entered the heated debate over the proposed Rs 18,000-crore Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT) in Bidadi, even as the opposition BJP and JD(S) escalated their charge of a "state-engineered land grab" and moved to seek intervention from Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.
The controversy intensified after BJP MP Tejasvi Surya alleged that the Prime Minister's name was being misused in connection with the township project.
In a translated statement from Kannada posted on X, Surya accused Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar of promoting the scheme as a "self-serving" initiative while invoking ...