New Delhi, May 28 -- Karnataka minister MB Patil on Tuesday said he would meet defence minister Rajnath Singh to urge the centre to allocate an aerospace and defence corridor to the state on the basis of merit, a day after raising concerns about Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu's reported attempts to relocate major defence production projects of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) from Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh.

"Our state's contribution to the nation in the aerospace and defence sector is 65%. Therefore, the Aerospace and Defense Corridor should be given to our state on the basis of merit. I will soon meet the Honourable Defense Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, and once again urge him to give the Defense Corridor to Karn...