The Opposition parties in Maharashtra have asked the state government to stop the soil survey process for the proposed oil refinery at Barsu-Solgaon in Ratnagiri district and alleged that the government was misusing the police machinery to threaten villagers and activists opposing the project.
Speaking to media during his Assembly election campaign in Karnataka on Tuesday, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the government was ready to hold talks with peaceful protesters but will not tolerate opposing the project just for the sake of politics. He added that the present state government was just taking the work forward and it was the Thackeray – led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government that finalised the project site.
