People must be taken into confidence: Uddhav Thackeray on Barsu refinery plan

Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said he had suggested Barsu as an alternative site for the refinery complex proposed in Nanar both in Ratnagiri in Maharashtras Konkan region but would have moved ahead with it only after taking the people there in confidence had he continued as chief ministerThackeray whose Maha Vikas Aghadi government fell after a rebellion in June last year by his cabinet colleague Eknath Shinde who went on to become CM also warned he would extract revenge for his ousterResidents of Barsu in Rajapur tehsil in Ratnagiri some 400 kilometres from Mumbai have been opposing the setting up of a mega refinerypetrochemical complex at an estimated cost of several thousand crore rupees claiming it would destroy the ecology of the coastal regionThe Shiv Sena UBT Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress have been supporting these residents and have said the state government must proceed only after all the fears of the people are allayedAlso Read Uddhav Thackeray suggested to Centre alternative site for refinery admits Sanjay Raut but asserts party will back localsAddressing the 55th annual general meeting of the Bharatiya Kamgar Sena the trade union wing of the Shiv Sena UBT Thackeray said I did suggest Barsu as an alternative site to Nanar due to opposition from the people My government was toppled or else I would have demanded that the project be explained to the local populationHe said people will have to be told about employment generation and benefits of a green refinery but questioned if it is a green refinery then why is police resorting to highhandednessThackeray asked why such projects were being imposed on Maharashtra and said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should have visited Barsu and explained the details of the refinery complex to the local populationIf you wanted to take my suggestion of Barsu then why did you topple my government The manner in which I was betrayed and my government toppled I would extract revenge Thackeray said in a warning to the ruling Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata PartyThe mashal flaming torch which is the Shiv Sena UBT symbol will wipe out injustice Allurements are shortterm but relationships are everlasting Thackeray assertedHe also said the governments at the Centre and in Maharashtra were antilabour adding that they need to be sensitive to the needs and issues of workersSlamming the Maharashtra government over the alleged exodus of industries from the state Thackeray said Airbus military transport aircraft Vedanta Foxconn semiconductor chip manufacturing bulk drug park mega pharmaceutical hub had moved out of the state earlierRecently a discussion took place with a Taiwanese firm for setting up a shoe making unit but we hear that has now shifted to Tamil Nadu In the twoandhalfyears of MVA rule 25 big projects worth Rs 25 lakh crore were proposed Many units started work while many were taken away to other states Thackeray allegedSlamming the Narendra Modi government at the Centre the Shiv Sena UBT chief alluded to the clash over the collegium system and said if these people ruling BJP start appointing judges from whom should we seek justiceThis 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