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Maharashtra Dy CM Fadnavis on criticism on $20 billion deal row: ‘Gujarat Is No Pakistan’

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responded to criticism that Gujarat bagged the mega Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor project by saying that the neighbouring state was ‘no Pakistan’ and further accused the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) administration of graft.

The BJP leader claimed that the ‘ten per cent commission’ had to be paid for availing of any subsidy when the former Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government and Gujarat surged ahead during this period.

Fadnavis, without naming Shiv Sena, took a dig at the party for opposing big-ticket projects like a refinery in Ratnagiri and Vadhavan port in Palghar, and for stalling the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train and Mumbai Metro phase 3.

After swearing-in as Deputy CM, he met Vedanta Resources chairman, Anil Agarwal, and the newly-formed government, striking hard to get the project, had offered a tailor-made package to the firm. However, he was told that a decision to move the project to the neighbouring state was in its final stages, Fadnavis said.

He said, “The decision was taken even before we came to power. When we came to power, we tried every bit. The ones who did nothing are pointing fingers at us.”

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