Infosys under fire for failing to create jobs in Karnataka

Karnataka BJP MLA Arvind Bellad has criticised Infosys, India’s second-largest Indian IT major, saying that the company acquired 58 acres of land in his home constituency of Hubli-Dharwad West to create a campus and promising jobs but failed to do so.

Addressing the state Assembly on Wednesday, Bellad, who is also Deputy Leader of the Opposition, called it “betrayal at its finest” and demanded the state government take back the land.

According to him, Infosys acquired 58 acres of land in the industrial estate about ten years ago. He further said that the Bengaluru-headquartered IT giant purchased the land which had a market rate of Rs 1.5 crore per acre but paid only Rs 35 lakh per acre to the farmers promising they will set up a campus and provide employment.