PNS
Ranchi
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday accused the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government of repackaging previously announced investment proposals and presenting them as fresh achievements to create a misleading impression of industrial growth.
Addressing the media, BJP State Chief Spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo claimed that the government’s recent announcement of investment proposals worth ₹99,639 crore largely repeats projects unveiled after the Chief Minister’s Davos and UK visit in February 2026, when the government had claimed to have secured proposals exceeding ₹1.27 lakh crore.
“The same companies, the same projects and nearly the same investment figures are now being projected as new investments after the Delhi roadshow. This is an attempt to sell old promises in new packaging and mislead the people of Jharkhand,” Shah Deo alleged.
He said major projects announced in Delhi, including those involving Jindal Steel Limited (₹40,000 crore), Jindal Nuclear Power (₹30,000 crore), Rungta Sons (₹10,000 crore), Rungta Mines (₹3,000 crore), Tata Steel HIsarna (₹7,000 crore), Amalgam Steel & Power (₹4,980 crore), Tata Steel Tinplate Expansion (₹2,600 crore), Ambuja Cement (₹1,000 crore) and Jindal Renewables (₹650 crore), had already been included in the government’s earlier investment announcements.
Shah Deo also questioned the inclusion of the proposed ₹30,000-crore Jindal Nuclear Power Project in the investment total, arguing that nuclear power falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Union Government. He said such a project requires multiple statutory approvals, including clearances from the Union Government, the Department of Atomic Energy and nuclear regulatory authorities.
He asked whether the state government had secured these mandatory approvals before signing the MoU, alleging that without them, the project remains only a proposal and should not be counted as a confirmed investment.
