Maharashtra: Sanjay Raut makes BIG revelation on Barsu refinery project involving Uddhav Thackeray
India TV NewsMaharashtra politics: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday revealed that Uddhav Thackeray, during his reign as Chief Minister, had suggested an alternative site at Barsu in the coastal Ratnagiri district for a refinery project. Speaking to the media, Raut slammed Maharashtra Industries minister Uday Samant and asked him to visit the site and talk to protesters instead of “flaunting” the letter written by Thackeray to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting Barsu as an alternative site. Earlier on Tuesday, April 25, Samant alleged “misunderstandings” were being deliberately created about the project for political mileage and slammed the “politics of double standards”, an apparent jibe at Uddhav Thackeray and his MLA-son Aaditya Thackeray, who handled the environment portfolio in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi government. If locals oppose, Shiv Sena will not back project: Raut “Nanar site was opposed by locals and then Thackeray suggested that Barsu could be an alternative place.