Opposition In Maharashtra Shedding "Crocodile Tears" Over $20 Billion Deal: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Asked about the opposition's criticism over the project shifting to Gujarat, Ms Sitharaman said the current opposition means those who were in power in the state till four months back.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today slammed the opposition parties in Maharashtra for "shedding crocodile tears" over shifting of a Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor plant to Gujarat from the state, and accused them of creating hurdles for five big-ticket projects during their rule.
She was addressing a press conference near Pune on the sidelines of a programme.
A blame-game has started in Maharashtra following the announcement last week that the joint venture semiconductor project of Indian conglomerate Vedanta and Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn, proposed to be set up near Pune city earlier, will come up in Gujarat.
The Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena have been targeting the Centre and the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government over the issue, saying that the Rs 1.54 lakh crore plant has been handed over to Gujarat ignoring the economic interest of the state where it was originally planned.
