Bengaluru, Feb. 21 -- Days after the Siddhartha Vihara Trust, in which AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and minister Priyank Kharge are trustees, sought request change the use of land in Kusanur village, Kalaburagi Taluk, from a designated park zone to commercial use, the local stakeholders have urged the local body to reject the application.

The Kalaburagi Urban Development Authority (KUDA) on February 10 issued a public notice seeking response to the proposed conversion, triggering opposition from local stakeholders.

This comes months after the same trust had returned land Hi-Tech Defence and Aerospace Park in Bagalur in Bengaluru following a controversy.

The two-acre and seven-gunta plot in question falls under the Revised-2 Master...