Foxconn row: Who was responsible for nixing Nanar refinery, Fadnavis asks Oppn

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has accused the opposition of making false claims over the VedantaFoxconn semiconductor plant going to Gujarat and also questioned it over the Nanar refinery projectUddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena NCP and Congress have sought to corner the state government following the announcement two days ago that the Rs 154 lakh crore semiconductor plant would be set up in Gujarat and not in Maharashtra as proposed earlierIt is disappointing that negative false and baseless claims are being spread to gain political mileage This is only to hide their own incompetence I want to ask opposition leaders who sent back Rs 35 lakh crore refinery from Maharashtra My advice to these leaders is to focus on becoming competent amp efficient and not negative and desperate Fadnavis who is visiting Moscow tweetedHe also welcomed Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwals tweet that Maharashtra will be key to forward integration to the joint venture in GujaratAlso Read VedantaFoxconn plant going to Gujarat is attack on Maharashtras prestige Shiv SenaWe welcome your decision to choose Maharashtra for forwarding integration We will always remain competitive and extremely businessfriendly the BJP leader addedThe Thackerayled Shiv Sena had sided with the locals who were opposed to the refinery project that was to come up at Nanar in the coastal Ratnagiri districtEarlier in a series of tweets Agarwal said VedantaFoxconn JV had been professionally assessing the site for the multibillion dollar investmentThis is a scientific and financial process that takes several years We started this about 2 years ago the industrialist saidThey shortlisted Gujarat Karnataka Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu and had been engaging with each of these governments as well as the central government and have received fantastic support he saidWe decided on Gujarat a few months ago as they met our expectations But in July meeting with Maharashtra leadership they made a huge effort to outbid other states with a competitive offer We have to start in one place and based on professional and independent advice we chose Gujarat the Vedanta chairman saidThe multibilliondollar longterm investment will change the course of Indian electronics he said adding that it will create a panIndia ecosystem and we are fully committed to investing in Maharashtra as wellMaharashtra will be our key to forward integration in our Gujarat JV he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever