BJP, Sena spar over Saudi Aramco's $44-billion refinery project

The Sena's objections are the environmental impact the project will have on farming and fishery in the area

Oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco's $44-billion refinery project at Nanar in Ratnagiri has become a bone of contention between the Maharashtra government and the Centre, with the Shiv Sena opposing the project and the Modi government pushing to expedite it.

Last week, in a U-turn, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supported the project, joining the ranks of the main opposition party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which is part of the ruling coalition government in the state. The Congress, the other partner in the government, has “no position on it”, said a top party