Shiv Sena dares Maha CM to override its opposition to refinery

Adopting a strident posture after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis rubbished Industries Minister Subhash Desai's claim that the land acquisition notification for the Nanar refinery project has been scrapped, Shiv Sena today dared him to override its opposition to the project.

"We would like to see Fadnavis exercising his powers to start the refinery project despite our opposition. Sena has opposed the project. Those who favour the project should show us how they will start it," Sena MLC Anil Parab said.

On Desai's announcement about cancellation of the notification, which was contradicted by Fadnavis, Parab said, "There is no law which says that only the high powered committee, headed by the state Chief Secretary, has powers to cancel such notifications. Even a minister can take such a decision," Parab told reporters here.

On Sena president Uddhav Thackeray's claim that there was a land scam in the Nanar area as names of several land owners there were "Shah" and "Katiyar", Parab said," People with surnames Shah and Modi have become residents of Konkan region, where Nanar refinery project is proposed."