India, May 27 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday firmly opposed any attempt to move the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) key defence manufacturing projects-the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) and Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-out of Bengaluru, calling HAL the "pride of Karnataka."

Amid reports that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has offered 10,000 acres in the Lepakshi-Madakasira region of Anantapur district to relocate HAL's AMCA and LCA units, Shivakumar said Karnataka would not allow what has been built over decades to be moved elsewhere.

"HAL is our pride. We will not allow what has been functioning here to be shifted," Shivakumar told reporters. He underscored Karnataka's histor...