Nana Patole seeks White Paper on Davos deals

State Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday said the Devendra Fadnavis government must release a White Paper on the investments received and jobs generated from MoUs signed during previous visits to the World Economic Forum in DavosAddressing a press conference Patole said Fadnavis has informed that 61 MoUs were signed entailing investments of R1570 lakh crore and having the potential to create 1595 lakh jobsldquoWhile significant investments in Maharashtra are welcome the public has the right to know the specifics of these agreements and the reality behind them Similar grand announcements have been made in the past as well The Mahayuti government must release a White Paper on investments and job creation from previous deals at Davosrdquo Patole saidFadnavis in Davos PicXCMOMaharashtraOf the 61 companies that have signed agreements with the Maharashtra government in Davos this time 51 are based in India of which 43 are from Mumbai and Pune he said adding only 10 are foreignbasedThese include a Rs 1500 crore deal signed between CIDCO and Book My Show despite Mumbai police investigating the firm for black marketing of Coldplay concert tickets Patole allegedAnother agreement was with Hiranandani a company under probe for preparing fake documents related to demolition activities in Powairsquos Jay Bhim Nagar and for an EPFO scam being investigated by CBI Patole further allegedIs the government encouraging black marketing by collaborating with such firms he askedDespite Article 47 of the Directive Principles of State Policy DPSP in the Constitution asking states to work towards prohibiting consumption of intoxicating drinks etc the Maharashtra government has signed a R750 crore deal with alcohol manufacturer Heineken and a R1500 crore deal with beer producer AB InBev Patole claimedDoes the BJPled government want to turn Maharashtra into a liquor state he asked A deal was signed with Dhanashree Mandhanirsquos PRYM Company in Jalna to manufacture drones Patole said The target is to produce 6000 drones and the company claims it has a 10000 square foot factory but no such facility exists he allegedThe company only assembles parts of knockeddown drones imported from abroad Patole allegedWhile Fadnavis was in Davos Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai came to Mumbai and secured investments worth R6000 crore for his state the Congress leader pointed outSimilarly Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav visited Pune and met entrepreneurs to attract industries to that state he addedMP and Chhattisgarh incidentally are ruled by the BJPThe Maharashtra government must bring genuine investments into the state instead of misleading people in the name of Davos Patole saidHe expressed grief at the blast in the ordnance factory in Bhandara and claimed even defence sector firms are not safe under the Narendra Modi government The explosion occurred in the LTP section of the ordnance factory in the Jawahar Nagar area around 1030 amldquoThe factory which manufactures raw materials for RDX is critical A thorough investigation into the explosion should be conducted by a committee of MPs from all partiesrdquo he demandedAsked about Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray hinting at contesting civic polls independently Patole said he welcomed the moveAs the leader of Shiv Sena UBT Thackeray has the right to decide on his partyrsquos strategy he saidldquoSince local body elections have not yet been announced Congress will make its decisions after consulting officebearers when the time comesrdquo Patole assertedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever