Land acquisition for Nanar refinery stayed, says Fadnavis

November 28, 2018 16:12

The Maharashtra government has stayed the land acquisition process for the controversial Nanar refinery project after consulting the Shiv Sena, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the legislative assembly on Wednesday.

The Shiv Sena, a ruling ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government, has been opposing the project on the grounds that it is against the interest of the farmers and would destroy ecology in Ratnagiri district in the coastal Konkan region.

"The government has not issued any new notice for land acquisition. After talks with Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, the entire process has been stayed," Fadnavis said.

Asserting that the BJP and Shiv Sena would stay united, he said the resignation letters of Sena ministers now lay in the Sarayu river.

Fadnavis's reference to the sacred river came against the backdrop of the Uddhav Thackeray-led party's strong pitch for construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and his recent visit to the temple town in Uttar Pradesh.

"With the Sena and BJP being together, the Congress-NCP combine will have to sit in Opposition for another 10 to 15 years," the chief minister said in the legislative assembly.

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