mashelkar: Former CSIR head RA Mashelkar lauds Karnataka’s startup culture, calls it an ‘amazing 40% state’
Former director general of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Dr. RA Mashelkar on Friday lauded Karnataka for being an “amazing 40% state," in a veiled reference to the now ruling Congress' attacks on the former BJP government over alleged corruption during the assembly election in May. In April last year, the State Contractors’ Association had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that some ministers and officials in the then BJP regime were taking 40% bribe in every government contract. A…