A political row has spiralled in Maharashtra with mining conglomerate Vedanta and Taiwan-based electronics giant Foxconn choosing Gujarat over Talegaon to set up their multi-billion dollar semiconductor manufacturing unit. This project aims to make India self-reliant in electronics.
Blame game
The Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government and the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena are blaming each other for the loss of the project, which was estimated to bring about 1,00,000 direct and indirect job opportunities to the State. The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government has also hurt Marathi pride as Vedanta had nearly finalised Maharashtra as the site for the project.
