Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries, H D Kumaraswamy, criticizes the Karnataka Forest Minister for directing the state forest department to recover 281 acres of land from Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) Limited. Kumaraswamy urges the Forest Minister to put an end to his "pettiness" and work together to revive HMT, which was once a thriving business in Bengaluru. Meanwhile, Kumaraswamy refutes the Forest Minister's claim that the land in question is forest land, stating that the HMT plant has been established since 1958-70 and has contributed positively to the state's economy.
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