Bengaluru, May 28 -- Karnataka Minister M.B. Patil on Tuesday dismissed reports suggesting that Bengaluru-headquartered Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) may relocate its production units for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) to Andhra Pradesh.

Responding to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's reported proposal, Patil clarified that such a move was neither feasible nor within the authority of a Chief Minister.

"As far as I learned, no CM can request HAL to be shifted somewhere. All existing operations in Bengaluru, in Karnataka, will continue," Patil told reporters. He added, "He may have said that future expansions or one more HAL unit [could] come over there. And if I am righ...