The southern part of India has been the heart of the IT sector. Places like Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad played and are playing a big part in boosting the IT sector. Looking at the boom the IT industry had in the late 90s and early 2000s, the government focused on IT and it paid back massively.
Compared to Chennai and Hyderabad, Bengaluru is having additional advantages making it the top priority for IT firms and others to invest in the city. However, despite all these, it is alleged that there are issues in providing infrastructure on par with the investments that come to the city.
Adding fuel to this, an entrepreneur took to social media to share the not-so-good experience he had in Bengaluru. In his long tweet, he had listed out the problems he is facing in the city.
His tweet had caught the attention of the Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development of Telangana Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao aka KTR. Replying to the tweet, he appealed to the unhappy entrepreneur to come to Hyderabad given the facilities the city has to offer.
However, KTR’s comment had raised many eyeballs in Karnataka as the Minister had invited the entrepreneur to shift to Hyderabad for his investment. Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar replied to KTR and said that Bengaluru will become the best city in the country. The Congress leader said that Congress will come to power in the next elections and the glory the IT hub had lost will be restricted.
Without getting offended, KTR said he is ok with Bengaluru and Hyderabad having healthy competition in creating jobs for the youth. However, he said, instead of hijab and halal let us focus on IT and infra.
KTR’s comments on halal and hijab came at the time when Karnataka is hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons related to the issues. Despite the High Court making it clear that wearing a Hijab doesn’t come under the essential practice of Islam, Muslim students are fighting for the same. The government is also not taking a back step and even the teachers were also asked to remove the hijab.
