Mumbai solar panel project, proposed to be set up in Nagpur in eastern Maharashtra, has been shifted to neighboring Gujarat, Leader of Opposition in Congress Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar claimed on Thursday.
Wadettiwar maintained that the mega project would have brought investment worth Rs 18,000 crore to Maharashtra.
"It has come to light that the project has left the state due to political and bureaucratic apathy," the Congress leader alleged.
State Industries Minister Uday Samant rejected Wadettiwar's claim.
Wadettiwar noted that this was the third mega industrial venture, after the Vedanta-Foxconn and Tata-Airbus projects, to move to BJP-ruled Gujarat from Maharashtra, where the saffron party is a component of the ruling coalition.
MLA from Bramhapuri in Chandrapur district, the so-called leaders of the ruling administration were busy making comments about "cutting and singeing tongues", referring to comments against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, a Hindu-Muslim, "breaking parties and stealing MLAs ".
"Industries are finding it difficult to work in Maharashtra," he insisted.
Meanwhile, Industry Minister Samant rejected Wadettiwar's claim and accused the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), of which Congress is a constituent, of spreading lies.
He pointed out that a leading renewable energy company, which supplies 550 MW of electricity, plans to expand its capacity to 2,000 MW in Maharashtra.
Labeling a statement from ReNew, he said the company clarified that it was not going anywhere.
The private company is committed to investing Rs 1 lakh crore and generating 30,000 employment opportunities in Maharashtra, Samant said.
The company has said it plans to invest in the upstream solar manufacturing chain and will not invest in similar projects in Gujarat or any other state.
Wadettiwar maintained that the mega project would have brought investment worth Rs 18,000 crore to Maharashtra.
"It has come to light that the project has left the state due to political and bureaucratic apathy," the Congress leader alleged.
State Industries Minister Uday Samant rejected Wadettiwar's claim.
Wadettiwar noted that this was the third mega industrial venture, after the Vedanta-Foxconn and Tata-Airbus projects, to move to BJP-ruled Gujarat from Maharashtra, where the saffron party is a component of the ruling coalition.
MLA from Bramhapuri in Chandrapur district, the so-called leaders of the ruling administration were busy making comments about "cutting and singeing tongues", referring to comments against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, a Hindu-Muslim, "breaking parties and stealing MLAs ".
"Industries are finding it difficult to work in Maharashtra," he insisted.
Meanwhile, Industry Minister Samant rejected Wadettiwar's claim and accused the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), of which Congress is a constituent, of spreading lies.
He pointed out that a leading renewable energy company, which supplies 550 MW of electricity, plans to expand its capacity to 2,000 MW in Maharashtra.
Labeling a statement from ReNew, he said the company clarified that it was not going anywhere.
The private company is committed to investing Rs 1 lakh crore and generating 30,000 employment opportunities in Maharashtra, Samant said.
The company has said it plans to invest in the upstream solar manufacturing chain and will not invest in similar projects in Gujarat or any other state.
