Aaditya Thackeray slams govt over 28 MoUs deals with Indian companies in Davos

Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday targeted the Devendra Fadnavisled Maharashtra government saying that out of the 29 investment MoUs signed on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum WEF in Davos only one company is from outside India PTI reportedThe annual fiveday meeting of the WEF is underway in Switzerlands Davos from January 20 CM Fadnavis is attending the meeting with a state delegationIn a post on X Thackeray alleged that the Davos trip of CM Fadnavis seems to be totally misaligned by his officeOut of the MoUs for proposed investment signed with 29 companies only 1 is from outside of India The rest are all Indian or having HQsbases in India he saidOf the 29 companies 20 are based in Maharashtra 15 of which are in Mumbai where the CMOMaharashtra is located the MLA from Worli in Mumbai saidBeing always supportive of any real investment proposed investment coming into our nation and our state this Davos trip of CM Fadnavis ji seems to be totally misaligned by his officeOut of the MoUs for proposed investment signed with 29 companies only 1 is from outside ofhellip pictwittercomZvY1FdUHyRmdash Aaditya Thackeray AUThackeray January 23 2025As per PTI the Mahayuti government has said that some 54 MoUs were signed in Davos until Wednesday with an investment of Rs 1570 lakh croreTaking a dig at Deputy CM Eknath Shinde who also handles the Urban Development Department Thackeray said that it was hilarious to see the entire department and officers of that ministry to be part of the delegation in Davos while the minister himself being dropped from it in favour of another minister an apparent reference to Industries Minister Uday Samant from his partyHe further said Davos is the most amazing place for building global relations for a state with so many amazingly talented individuals and organisations coming together PTI citedThe question really is what is the point of asking all of these 28 companies to sign MoUs in Davos when the time in Davos could have been better utilised by the CM Fadnavis for international relations with other visiting dignitaries companies entrepreneurs Thackeray addedWhats the point of being busy within ourselves when the CM could have an outreach to the world for Maharashtra Thackeray saidHe questioned why could Magnetic Maharashtra investment summit not be held just like it hasnt been held since mid2022 and have all these companies sign MoUs in the stateI humbly urge the CM to do all these important MoUs from within our country in Maharashtra itself inviting the world over instead of doing it there and not meeting the world he saidThe former minister also said that it will also be good if the Mahayuti government can work with the WEF in bringing a summer Davosmid year Davos to Maharashtra something we had started pitching in May 2022 the former minister addedWith PTI inputs