Maharashtra politics: Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut (UBT) on Wednesday revealed that Uddhav Thackeray, throughout his reign as Chief Minister, had steered an alternate web site at Barsu within the coastal Ratnagiri district for a refinery project. He additionally added that his occasion will help locals in the event that they oppose it.
Speaking to the media, Raut slammed Maharashtra Industries minister Uday Samant and requested him to go to the positioning and speak to protesters as a substitute of “flaunting” the letter written by Thackeray to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting Barsu in its place web site.
Earlier on Tuesday, April 25, Samant alleged “misunderstandings” have been being intentionally created in regards to the project for political mileage and slammed the “politics of double standards”, an obvious jibe at Uddhav Thackeray and his MLA-son Aaditya Thackeray, who dealt with the surroundings portfolio within the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities (November 2019 to June 2022).
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If locals oppose, Shiv Sena won’t again project: Raut
“Nanar site was opposed by locals and then Thackeray suggested that Barsu could be an alternative place. It is scrubland and that is right. But if locals oppose it, then Shiv Sena will not back the project. This is our political stand,” Raut stated.
“As Chief Minister, Thackeray suggested an alternative land. At that time there must have been no opposition in Barsu. But now people are opposing this. If locals are of the opinion that they will die but won’t give their land, then the letter counts no value to us.”
Why big-ticket initiatives went out of Maharashtra, Raut requested Samant. On Tuesday, the Ratnagiri police arrested 111 folks, most of them girls, throughout a protest towards the proposed petroleum refinery, an official stated.
People protest in Barsu
More than 100 girls have been among the many protesters who tried to dam a highway in Barsu and Solgaon areas of the district, round 400km from Mumbai, by mendacity on the bottom to cease authorities automobiles from coming into the proposed web site of the refinery. The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday additionally determined to launch an agitation towards the proposed oil refinery at Barsu amid the protests.
(With PTI inputs)
