Ajit Pawar says IT firms exiting Maharashtra, DK Shivakumar woos them to Karnataka

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said Karnataka is ready to welcome all IT companies planning to shift operations from Maharashtra.

Speaking after inaugurating Quantum India Bengaluru 2025, Shivakumar said the state would extend full support and provide the required infrastructure to any company seeking to relocate.

“We welcome IT companies wanting to migrate from Maharashtra to Karnataka. We will provide them with all the infrastructure they need,” he said.

He also referred to recent remarks by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who acknowledged that IT firms from Pune’s Hinjewadi were moving from Maharashtra to Bengaluru.

“We are ruined. The IT park is moving out of Pune and Maharashtra to Bengaluru and Hyderabad,” Pawar had said during an inspection in Pimpri-Chinchwad, citing issues like traffic congestion, waterlogging, and encroachments.

“I thank him for saying that. We are not competing with other states in the country but at a global level,” Shivakumar said, while noting that Maharashtra has a thriving IT industry of its own. “But we will welcome any IT company moving to our state with open arms.”

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