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Rahul Gandhi Slams Uttarakhand Govt Over Fake Investments and Paper Leaks
- •Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized the BJP government in Uttarakhand, alleging that investments exist only on paper and jobs only in slogans.
- •Gandhi cited a media report claiming that small seed shops, flour mills, and state-owned power companies were counted as investors following a global summit.
- •He highlighted that 35 percent of the total claimed investments came from state-owned power companies and questioned the authenticity of international roadshow figures.
- •The opposition leader demanded that Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami make the full list of the 3300 investors public.
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Rahul Gandhi alleged that the BJP government's investments exist only on paper, citing a media report claiming that flour mills, seed-and-fertilizer shops, small clinics, and state-owned power companies were counted as investors following a global summit. He claimed that the definition of investment was diluted just days before the summit and demanded that the chief minister make the full list of 3,300 investors public.
The definition of investment was diluted just seven days before the global summit, on December 1, 2023, according to the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
Nearly ₹100 crore of public money was spent on roadshows to promote the summit, where 1,779 MoUs worth ₹3.56 lakh crore were hyped, and the government subsequently claimed that ₹1 lakh crore was realised on the ground.
