20 July,2024 02:21 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Uddhav Thackeray addressed press on Saturday at Matoshree/ Ashish Raje
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray announced on Saturday that the Dharavi slum redevelopment project tender awarded to Gautam Adani's firm will be cancelled if his party comes to power after Maharashtra Assembly Polls.
At a press conference, Thackeray emphasised that his party, if elected in the Maharashtra Assembly Polls, would ensure Dharavi residents and businesses are not displaced. He promised that residents would be given 500-square-foot homes within the locality, reported PTI.
"We will scrap the Dharavi slum redevelopment project tender after coming to power. The government should give an answer as to why it should not be scrapped now itself. We will not allow Mumbai to be turned into Adani city," the former Chief Minister declared.
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Thackeray claimed that the Adani Group received additional concessions not specified in the contract for the project to redevelop Dharavi, one of the world's most densely populated areas. "We will not give additional concessions. We will see what is good for residents of Dharavi and if the need arises we will issue a fresh tender," he asserted per PTI report.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) is part of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, which includes the Congress and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
The Maharashtra Assembly Polls are expected to take place in October, the report stated.
Meanwhile, on Friday, the MVA alliance partner Congress held a meeting to review Maharashtra Assembly Polls prep of the grand old party. As per a midday report, the leadership was persuaded to be optimistic and aggressive in their campaigning by Congress General Secretaries K C Venugopal (organisation) and Ramesh Chennithala (state in-charge), who assessed the mood in the state unit on Friday and assured them that the Congress, as the only major party in Maharashtra's Lok Sabha, would secure a sizable number of seats to contest in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. However, the leaders stated that while choosing the seats, the focus should be on merit (strong possibilities of winning). At the meeting, a few presentations were given.
