MVA targets UP CM over roadshow, warns against 'snatching' Maha industries

Maharashtras Opposition alliance on Thursday trained guns on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his visit to Mumbai to attract investment in his state saying there will be objection if he snatches away industries from the western stateThe CM on Thursday held a roadshow in the city inviting industrialists and entrepreneurs to visit the northern state during the threeday UP Global Investor Summit to be held in Lucknow from February 1012The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader is travelling to eight states to promote the summit covering big cities like Mumbai Bengaluru and Chennai among othersHis roadshow in the financial capital sparked a war of words between the Opposition and the ruling BJP in MaharashtraThe Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA the states Opposition alliance consisting of the Congress the Nationalist Congress Party NCP and the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray advised the saffron leader to avoid politics during his visitSanjay Raut a key leader of the Shiv Sena UBT asked about the need to hold a roadshow in MumbaiThe Rajya Sabha member whose party is a trenchant critic of the BJP said the Uttar Pradesh chief minister can hold discussions with industrialists but should avoid indulging in politics during his visitI had said yesterday if he has come to meet industrialists for the progress of his state then there is no objection But there will be objection if industries are snatched away from us MaharashtraAlso read Bhagwa is our soul Uddhavled Shiv Sena after Congress leaders controversial remarkIf they are doing a roadshow for investment then it is surprising What is the need for that Have you come to do politics or take help from Mumbai for the development of your state Raut asked while talking to reportersMaharashtra Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe said the biggest hurdle in attracting investment in Uttar Pradesh is the iquestatmosphereiquest created by Adityanath in the state where the BJP retained power in the 2022 Assembly pollsInvestment in Uttar Pradesh will be possible only if he works on improving the law and order situation in the countrys most populous state he saidYou foment religious tension and create differences on the basis of castes Law and order is in a bad shape So why should any industry come to Uttar Pradesh The biggest hurdle is the atmosphere you Adityanath have created Londhe saidNationalist Congress Party NCPs national rpt national spokesperson Clyde Crasto rpt Clyde Crasto sought to know when will Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis go to Uttar Pradesh or Gujarat and ask people there to Dream in their state but make it reality in Maharashtra in form of investmentCountering the Opposition attack Deputy Chief Minister Fadnavis a BJP leader asserted no one can take away businesses from MaharashtraThere is no reason to fear but we must be proud of Mumbai Whoever can say whatever they want but Mumbai remains the financial capital of the country If anyone has to do any industrial summit or attract industries then they have to come to Mumbai No one can take away anyones industries he saidLast year the ShindeFadnavis government faced flak over bigticket projects like the VedantaFoxconn semiconductor plant and the TataAirbus aircraft venture preferring Gujarat over MaharashtraThis 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