Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 | Devendra Fadnavis slams Rahul Gandhi for Dharavi project remark; calls him 'anti-poor'

Gadchiroli: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of being "anti-poor" for the latter's remark about the multi-crore Dharavi slum redevelopment project.

During an election rally in Amravati for the November 20 assembly polls, Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, targeted the BJP, alleging that the Dharavi land worth crores of rupees was handed to industrialist Gautam Adani.

He claimed the Maha Vikas Aghadi government was stolen by the use of money as it was a deal for the Dharavi project.

Countering the charge, Fadnavis said the Congress wanted to ensure that poor people remain poor.

"Rahul Gandhi is anti-poor. He doesn't want the people of Dharavi to get homes. Rajiv Gandhi had made an announcement for Dharavi, and these people were in power for 25 years after that, but no work was done," the deputy chief minister said.

He claimed, "Dharavi hasn't been handed over to Adani. It has been given to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP), in which the state government is also a partner. The entire process is transparent. Uddhav Thackeray had decided the tender conditions."

Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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