Politics over ‘Advantage Vidarbha’ is Unfortunate-VJAS urged
Industries to Invest in Vidarbha
'Advantage Vidarbha 2013', a
two-day event to be held here on February 25-26, is being organised in
association with Government agencies like MIDC, Maharashtra Airport Development
Company (MADC), MTDC, MHADA and CIDCO, aimed at promoting the region in Vidarbha
as an investment destination and IT ,Automobiles,
Agro-processing, Textiles and Tourism are the four sectors are identified to
attract investments where state is likely offer special incentive and signal
widow clearance and The Maharashtra
government is expecting MoUs pledging Rs 15,000-crore investments in Vidarbha
to be signed during an upcoming event here but
Just when things seemed to be on track to give the region a shot in the
arm, Union heavy industries minister Praful Patel, who is the sole minister
from Vidarbha in the UPA government, dropped a bombshell on Advantage Vidarbha
barely five days before the event.
"This is unfortunate
development and power politics NCP-Cong. is working against the interest of
vidarbha when Praful Patel is making issue that he has not been properly
invited nor involved in accordance with protocol and neither my name nor that
of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who holds the state's most important
portfolios of finance and energy, are there as guests for the inaugural session
is not reason for opting out of such
important event” Kishor Tiwari President
Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti(VJAS), the activist group working for farmers and tribal of dying
vidarbha which is most backward region of Maharashtra mainly due to continuous
neglect and apathy shown by western Maharashtra political leaders who ruled
state and NCP’s open opposition to ‘advantage Vidarbha’ is part of that step-motherly
treatment given to region said in press release today .
‘Since 1981 Private Engg. Degree
and Diploma colleges started by
politicians including Praful Patel, has started more than 20 thousand engineers
and other management professionals
joining industries all over India
and world since 1985 now crossed above 2 million who wants to come back to
serve in vidarbha more over around one lakh hector industrial land with
five star infrastructure is available in
Nagpur ,Amaravati, Akola, Wardha ,Gondia ,Bhandara and Yavatmal but poor political leadership and bureaucratic
corruption has failed attacks investor to vidarbha which geographically at
heart of India and excellent skilled manpower is readily available @ 50% cost that case with land ,power too more
over logistics connectivity is major advantage hence this is right time to
invest’ Tiwari said
‘ We are shocked with Praful
Patel’s statement as he was key minister as aviation minister who personally
worked to hand over Nagpur airport to a joint venture of Airports Authority of
India and the Maharashtra Airport Development Company Ltd. It was on his
insistence that Boeing MRO is setting up base here who was instrumental to
bring Rs15,000 crore investment of Adani
power here. Now he is engaged in
bringing Rs2,500 crore investment of BHEL to Sakoli hence now his stand looks
like move of NCP western Maharashtra leadership
to spoil the event’ Tiwari allged.
‘A lack of political will was
said to be the reason for Vidarbha to remain underdeveloped when compared to
other parts of the state. Political games, it appears, would continue to put
spokes in its wheels which has to opposed hence we are supporting the event’
Tiwari added.
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