Claiming that Andhra Pradesh was the only state with a double-engine bullet train government when it came to investment, State IT and Industries Minister Nara Lokesh took a dig at other competing states, claiming they were inefficient.

Riding high on Google’s investment in Visakhapatnam for an AI hub, Lokesh said there were quite a few double-engine governments in the country, but only one double-engine bullet train ‘sarkar’, referring to the TDP-led NDA government in AP.

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Though he did not name Karnataka after his Twitter spat with Congress minister Priyank Kharge, Lokesh said, What can he do if the other states are not competent enough to solve the problems of poor infrastructure?

“If they are inefficient, what can I do? If their own industrialists are saying that the in

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