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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Politics

Rahul Gandhi opposes Great Nicobar project because he dislikes India's strategic rise: Bharatiya Janata Party

New Delhi: The BJP on Friday hit back at Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the Great Nicobar development project, alleging that the Congress leader is "disturbed" by India's growing geopolitical expansion and would rather want to see other countries become more powerful than India.

The remarks came after Gandhi's statement on World Environment Day on Friday. In an over 16-minute video statement on X, he termed the Modi government's argument that the Great Nicobar Island Project is about defence and a transhipment port a 'lie,' alleging that it is actually about benefitting one businessman so that he can build hotels and casinos on India's most irreplaceable ecological land."

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