Monday, 02 OCTOBER 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that the Congress is unable to digest the efforts being undertaken by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to establish industries in the State. Responding to allegations levelled by the PCC president Karan Mahara, the BJP State president Mahendra Bhatt said that the CM will go wherever an industrialist wants to sign a memorandum of understanding to invest in the State. “If an Indian industrialist has also established industries in a foreign nation and if our CM signs an MoU with that industry abroad, it is a commendable step. By levelling baseless allegations, the Congress has further exposed its mentality which is against the development of the State,” opined Bhatt.
The BJP State media in-charge Manveer Singh Chauhan said that conditions are better in Uttarakhand for investment whereas the investors were wary during the term of the Congress government due to corruption, scams and instability. “The manner in which the investors have shown interest and signed MoUs before the global investors summit, it is clear that the Dhami government is going to achieve its target and that the investments will be executed on the ground. During the tenure of the Congress government there was no focus on investments due to instability, factionalism, scams and lack of political will power. As a result, the State did not attract investments and the pace of development was also curbed. The government’s intent to bring investments to the State is clear and the Congress should welcome investments in Uttarakhand instead of questioning it. Every task should not be viewed from the aspect of political calculations,” said Chauhan.
Objecting to Mahara’s statement regarding the atmosphere in the State, he said that the view is completely politically motivated. The new investors are arriving in Uttarakhand considering the conducive atmosphere here but the Congress is talking about religion, law and order and communal riots even when it comes to investments, Chauhan added.
