Ministro da União H.D. O ministro da Floresta de Kumaraswamy e Karnataka, Eshwar Khandre, disputa o status de 281 acres de terra sob o controle do HMT em Bengaluru. Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre dispute the status of 281 acres of land under HMT's control in Bengaluru.

Ministro da União das Indústrias Pesadas e do Aço, H.D. Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy e o ministro da Floresta de Karnataka, Eshwar Khandre, discordaram sobre o status da terra sob o controle do HMT em Bengaluru, com Kumaraswamy acusando o governo do Congresso de perseguir "política de vingança" contra ele. Kumaraswamy, and Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre have disagreed over the status of land under HMT's control in Bengaluru, with Kumaraswamy accusing the Congress government of pursuing "vendetta politics" against him. Khandre procurou recuperar a porção vazia de 281 acres do total de 599 acres, enquanto Kumaraswamy sustentou que não era terra de floresta e a questão de devolver a terra ao governo do Estado não surge. Khandre sought to reclaim the vacant portion of 281 acres out of the total 599 acres, while Kumaraswamy maintained that it was not forest land and the question of returning the land to the State government does not arise. Kumaraswamy alegou que a terra não foi vendida pela PSU e acusou o então governo do Congresso sob S.M. Kumaraswamy claimed that the land was not sold by the PSU and accused the then Congress government under S.M. Krishna de vender 200 acres de terra por ninharia no passado. Krishna of selling 200 acres of land for pittance in the past. Khandre insistiu que a terra recuperada seria transformada em um espaço pulmonar e afirmou que, sob a lei, não havia espaço para desnotificação de terras florestais. Khandre insisted that the reclaimed land would be turned into a lung space and asserted that under law there was no scope for denotification of forest land.