Vedanta blame game continues, Maharashtra minister says PM Modi has promised ‘some other big project’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured Maharashtra of a project similar to or bigger than the $19.5 billion Vedanta-Foxconn project, Industries Minister Uday Samant said on Wednesday as the government came under Opposition attack after the semiconductor unit went to Gujarat.

“We are committed to bringing industries to the state. CM Eknath Shinde spoke to PM Modi on Tuesday night and discussed the project. Modi-ji has assured that some other big project would be brought to Maharashtra soon,” Samant said at a press conference.

Samant said the previous government was not able to give a satisfactory response to the company and that the current dispensation was not responsible for it. The government will conduct a review to find out why Vedanta preferred Gujarat to Maharashtra, he added.