Disclose CSR spending, stop using Bengaluru for PR: Shivakumar to industrialists, Nara Lokesh

Lashing out at critics, deputy CM and Bengaluru development minister DK Shivakumar said there is no match for Bengaluru, and those who criticise it do so only to market themselves.  

Under fire for Bengaluru’s infrastructure woes, Karnataka deputy CM and Bengaluru development minister DK Shivakumar on October 15 hit back at critics and urged companies to disclose details of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending. He also accused some of 'using Bengaluru's name for publicity'.

Responding to Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's recent social media post on the city's poor infrastructure, Shivakumar said: "Let all companies disclose what they are doing with their CSR funds. I'm not questioning anyone but if they want to threaten us with tweets, it's up to them. They are working against the city and the state. Bengaluru helped them grow ... They must remember where they started."

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