Vedanta-Foxconn who have been in advanced talks with Maharashtra have signed an MoU with the authorities of Gujarat to set up their semiconductor and display manufacturing unit within the nation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has blamed the MVA authorities for Maharashtra dropping out to Gujarat inside the race for the $20 billion Vedanta-Foxconn task, claimed Maharashtra industries minister Uday Samant on Wednesday.
Vedanta-Foxconn who had been in superior talks with Maharashtra have signed an MoU with the authorities of Gujarat to installation their semiconductor and show production unit inside the state. The sudden move has created a political firestorm with the opposition accusing the Shinde-BJP authorities of having overlooked a massive development opportunity for the kingdom Vedanta, Foxconn to invest $19.Five billion to installation semiconductor plant in Gujarat
State industries minister Samant said on Wednesday that the Prime Minister has confident CM Shinde the country can be given a fair bigger mission at a later date as a way to generate employment.
वेदांता-फॉक्सकॉनच्या संलग्न प्रकल्पासाठी महाराष्ट्राची निवड करण्याचा निर्णय घेतल्याबद्दल वेदातांचे अध्यक्ष अनिल अगरवाल यांचे आभार. महाराष्ट्रात मोठ्या प्रमाणात गुंतवणूक यावी आणि राज्यातील बेरोजगारी दूर व्हावी यास्तव युती सरकार कटिबद्ध आहे.
— Uday Samant (@samant_uday) September 15, 2022
Samant turned into speakme to the media at the side traces of the Boiler India 2022 expo at Navi Mumbai. “Prime minister Narendra Modi has informed CM Shinde that it’s miles likely the corporation did no longer get the reaction it expected from the nation authorities inside the preceding 7 months and hence they shifted to Gujarat.”
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Commenting on the allegations of the failure of the Shinde-Fadnavis authorities to land the megadeal, Samant stated, “No venture is going away in only two months’ time…The fact is that inside the closing couple of months this government had held several conferences to peer if extra incentives might be given. Devendra Fadnavis had spoken to Vedanta chairman Anil Agrawal and confident him that Maharashtra will higher the incentives being offered by way of other states. But definitely their revel in of the preceding 7 to 8 months can be liable for their decision to move the project.”
Samant then went directly to attack Uddhav Thackeray for his double talk on infra troubles, pronouncing on the only hand he changed into raising his voice on the transferring of the Vedanta-Foxconn venture, and on the other hand his birthday party was opposing the Rajapur refinery assignment.
“They asked their MP to oppose the challenge whilst the nearby MLA helps it. MIDC has given consent letter for acquisition of 2,900 acres of land for the refinery. If there’s misunderstanding approximately the task among the locals, we are able to clear it. We will explain to them that new task possibilities will rise up inside the area because of this. The assignment can have a large effect at the nation’s financial system,” the minister stated.