Bengaluru suffering, says Piyush Goyal; Unwarranted comment, retorts MB Patil

Bengaluru: Karnataka's industries and infrastructure minister MB Patil took exception to Union commerce and industries minister Piyush Goyal's comment that "we should aspire to have our own Silicon Valley" and asked whether Bengaluru was no longer one.

Patil told ET that Goyal's comment was "unwarranted," as Bengaluru is globally renowned for its technology and startup ecosystem.

The two ministers sparred on the microblogging site X after Goyal's comments at an event in Delhi on Monday went viral.


The Union minister said in a post on Thursday, in response to Patil's comments. "Silicon Valley in Bengaluru is suffering from the apathy of the state govt. to provide logistics support, quality infrastructure, good roads whereas the central govt. continues to support the state even in developing an industrial township in Tumakuru under the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor," Goyal said.

He further said, "In fact, minister MB Patil and his Congress govt should try to make Tumakuru industrial township into a Silicon Valley rather than deriding India's progress. Tumakuru township has been left into a limbo by a state govt. which does not even resolve their land issues.