Raj Thackeray demands probe into how Vedanta-Foxconn goes to Gujarat; ‘not good sign'

Demanding a probe into how the Vedanta deal went to Gujarat, MNS chief Raj Thackeray said Maharashtra was the preference of the investors.

Raj Thackeray on Tuesday demanded a probe into how the Vedanta-Foxconn deal went to Gujarat instead of Maharashtra and said Maharashtra was the priority of the investors but the deal reaching Gujarat is serious and not a good sign. "We should go beyond politics and look at this issue," the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief tweeted.

Raj Thackeray said the project going to Gujarat from Maharashtra is not a good sign.  (PTI)

A blame game started in Maharashtra after Vedanta and Taiwanese electronic giant Foxconn signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gujarat government on Tuesday to set up a ₹1.54 lakh crore semiconductor and display manufacturing unit in Gujarat.

Former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday said he was shocked over the development as the new Maharashtra government was claiming the credit of bringing the project to Maharashtra, though the deal was almost final under Uddhav Thackeray's Maha Vikas Aghadi government. "New dispensation had tweeted photos, claiming to have brought this to Maharashtra, but it seems intent/ commitment was to send this away from Maharashtra. Our MVA Govt had brought this to final stage," Aaditya tweeted.

Raj Thackeray questioned how the project which was supposed to be set up at Pune escaped Maharashtra. "Maharashtra was the priority state for investors. It is not a good sign that the investment reversed from Maharashtra. We should go beyond politics and look at this issue," he tweeted.