Karnataka minister urges PM to make Bengaluru India’s second capital

BENGALURU: Karnataka’s Industries and Infrastructure Minister R.V.Deshpande on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting that Bengaluru, India’s IT capital, be made nation’s second capital city.

“India needs a second capital very urgently and Bengaluru is the best place to fulfill that role. A country the size and scale of India cannot be managed from one location, especially when the government is gearing up for a paradigmatic and radical change in terms of depth of governance, structural reforms, national reconstruction and international partnerships,’ he wrote in his letter. Bengaluru, he added, with its multifaceted lifestyle, industrial development and technological innovations fits the bill.

Bengaluru, the Minister said, is probably the only city in the country where one can find as many software engineers as classical language scholars. Apart from Delhi, it has, probably internationally, the most diverse student population and nationally the most diverse population of professionals attesting to the cultural diversity of the city and its civic robustness.


By making Bengaluru, the nation’s second capital, the government will help create new opportunities in trade, cultural exchange, scientific prowess, technological innovation, he added.