Sule calls political parties to gang up against Centre over Vedanta Foxconn deal

Nationalist Congress Party NCP leader Supriya Sule on Wednesday protested against the Eknath Shindeled Maharashtra government over the Vedanta Foxconn deal with Gujarat for a semiconductor facility and called political parties to fight with the centreIt is a huge disappointment as over 3 lakh students are going to be deprived of jobs All political parties should come together and fight this with the centre NCP MP saidLaunching a scathing attack on Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde Sule said Shinde was an integral part of the earlier government What was he doing then why didnt he say anything He is the current CM for over 2 months now if he wants to lead he needs to take responsibility and be accountableShiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray also on Wednesday slammed the Maharashtra government for letting the Vedanta deal slip away from the state and questioned the uninterestedness of the Shinde campAfter Vedanta Foxconn loss the Bulk Drug Park that the MVA Government had meritoriously pursued has been lost to 3 States Gujarat Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh by the current unconstitutional dispensation in our State due to its lack of interest in development tweeted ThackerayAlso Read VedantaFoxconn project going to Gujarat is part of conspiracy NCP MP Supriya SuleHe also stressed that Maharashtra was the first to demand it and sought an explanation on why Maharashtra was not consideredOutlining the repercussions of the slipping away of the deal he said Eknath Shinde didnt just take away our 40 MLAs but also big projects of Maharashtra to Gujarat Who is responsible for the loss of 2 lakh crore and 1 lakh job opportunities in our stateNotably Anil Agarwalled Vedanta Limited and Taiwans Foxconn on Tuesday signed Memorandums of Understanding MoUs with the Gujarat government for setting up a semiconductor and display FAB manufacturing unit in the state with an investment of over Rs 154 lakh croreThe agreement was signed in presence of the Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel and the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw Minister for Education Science and Technology Government of Gujarat Jitubhai Vaghani was also present on the occasionThe VedantaFoxconn group under the MoU will set up a Display Fab Unit in Gujarat with an investment of Rs 94500 crore as well as an integrated Semiconductor Fab Unit and OSAT facility in Gujarat with an investment of Rs 60000 croreThe two MoUs together will bring an investment of more than Rs 154 lakh crore and generate around 1 lakh new employment opportunities in the state stated Jitu Vaghani during the event at a Hotel in GandhinagarThe proposed investment by Vedanta and Foxconn Group for setting up Indias first display manufacturing fab unit and an Integrated Semiconductor fab unit with an OSAT facility will further support the development of upstream and downstream electronics manufacturing clusters and the establishment of healthy trade linkages