The leaders question how an RTI query was answered in detail by the government. same day
The leaders question how an RTI query was answered in detail by the government. same day
Political turmoil over alleged ‘loss’ of ₹1.5 lakh crore Vedanta-Foxconn Project Questions were raised on a Right to Information (RTI) query with the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday unrestrained, the answer to which reportedly put the Uddhav Thackeray-led then MVA government on its feet on the mega-investment project. Alleged dragging, due to which its flight to neighboring Gujarat.
MVA leaders from the Uddhav faction and Congress expressed disbelief as to how the detailed reply to the RTI filed on October 31 was submitted by the Maharashtra Industries Development Corporation (MIDC) on the same day, to such questions. It usually takes months.
The RTI reply clearly states that the high powered committee on the Vedanta-Foxconn project constituted by the MVA did not meet for six months. The reply given by MIDC was used by state Industries Minister Uday Samant to attack the MVA’s ineptitude in ‘losing’ the project.
Terming the seriousness of MIDC’s response as “highly suspicious”, Thackeray faction MP Arvind Sawant said: “On October 31, a certain person Santosh Gawade asks for information about the project and receives a reply on the same day. How is it possible to give all this information in a single day, as it usually takes months to reply to RTI queries on big projects? Who is this Gawade and why has he chosen to wake up to this moment?”
Stating that Aaditya Thackeray, in a press conference on Monday, had already elaborated on the efforts made by the MVA to secure the project while giving a timeline, Mr Sawant said the ruling BJP was ready to file an RTI. was behind. and his reaction.
“All this has been done to hide the inefficiency of the present [Shinde-Fadnavis] government. If they have guts then they should resign and contest elections,” Mr Sawant said.
Echoing the leader of the Thackeray faction, Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe accused the Shinde-Fadnavis government of trying to mislead the people of Maharashtra with such tactics.
“The Vedanta Foxconn project has gone to Gujarat only because of the failure of the Shinde-Fadnavis government, but a desperate attempt is being made to blame it on the MVA government. Mr. Fadnavis gave false information on the project [during a press conference on Monday] And again lying through this RTI incident. They are trying to hide their mistakes,” Mr. Londhe said.
He said that it is highly unfair to do petty politics when livelihood and employment of lakhs of people are at stake.
The Congress leader said, “Instead of pointing fingers, it is high time that the Shinde-Fadnavis government honestly did its job by getting some investment… If they do, we will support them in the opposition as well, The Congress leader said.
After the opposition clamor over shifting mega-investment projects to other states, especially Gujarat, Mr. Samant first announced that the present government would, in a month’s time, come out with a white paper on all information on industrial investment. Received by the state from 2019 – Formation of MVA.
Mr. Samant said that this paper will detail all communications made by the Department of Industry and MIDC with foreign firms regarding big-ticket projects and meetings held at the World Economic Forum in Davos, among other things.