Kadapa, May 28 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday categorically dismissed media reports and political allegations suggesting that he sought the relocation of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility from Karnataka to his state.

Addressing his Telugu Desam Party's annual conclave 'Mahanadu' here, Naidu clarified that his appeal to the Centre was solely focused on establishing a defence manufacturing hub in Andhra Pradesh - not on shifting existing institutions from other states.

"I have never asked for the HAL located in Bengaluru to be shifted to Andhra Pradesh. It's a massive, strategic facility - such institutions can't and shouldn't be moved. I have never sought the relocation of any project from ...