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BJP MP blasts Cong for claiming credit for investments in K'taka after calling Indian economy 'dead'
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....JP MP blasts Cong for claiming credit for investments in K'taka after calling Indian economy 'dead'<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 27-12-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Bengaluru, Dec 27 (PTI) BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya on Saturday slammed Congress leaders for claiming credit for recent investments in Karnataka despite having earlier alleged that the Indian economy was "dead". His remarks follow a political slugfest betw....
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....een the BJP and the ruling Congress in Karnataka over investment inflows and economic governance. In a statement on 'X', Siroya said Congress leaders who had repeatedly questioned the state of the Indian economy were now seeking to take credit for investments announced in the state. "When Mr Trump started a tariff war and called India a "dead economy", the first person who rushed to endorse it....
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.... was Rahul Gandhi. His minions in the Congress repeated after him. Whenever he has gone abroad, he has spoken ill of India and Indian business. Now, without batting an eyelid they claim credit for Foxconn's investment and job-creation in Karnataka," he alleged. The BJP MP questioned whether multinational companies could invest in India without the union government first creating a conducive inve....
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....stment climate. "If the NDA government under Prime Minister Modi had not worked meticulously in the last 12 years to create a positive investment climate, maintain fiscal discipline and a high rate of economic growth, would any multinational company even consider any investment in India?" he asked. "Stability for investment in India is offered by the Modi Ji-led NDA government. The Congress pa....
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....rty and Rahul Gandhi's lack of common sense surprises me," he added. The BJP MP claimed that the legacy in Karnataka as a technology hub does not belong to Congress alone. Successive governments from the 1980s have made it their consistent policy to promote technology and nurture engineering talent. "However, surprisingly, whenever Congress has been in power in Karnataka, they have lost invest....
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....ment to neighbouring states. If a white paper is released it will be clear how many companies chose to invest outside Karnataka during Siddaramaiah's first term as CM and now," he further alleged. The BJP MP's statements came a day after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hit out at Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, accusing him of 'stealing Karnataka's success' by taking credit for the achievements of ....
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....the state. PTI AMP ROH<BR> News - Press release - PIB....