Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress chief AshokChavan said Sunday that scrapping of Nanar mega-refineryproject was a political deal between the Shiv Sena and BJP.
Talking to reporters in Nanded, Chavan said he hopedNanar would not go the way of Enron power project at Dabhol.
The Sena and BJP had promised to dump the Enronproject in the Arabian sea, but when they came to power (in1995) the project was revived, said Chavan, a former chiefminister.
He had visited Nanar and found that locals wereopposed to the project, he said.
The Maharashtra government on March 2 officially madeit clear that a Rs 3 lakh crore oil refinery project will notcome up at Nanar in the coastal Ratnagiri district.
As the Sena was opposed to Nanar refinery citing localopposition, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, while announcinga tie-up between the BJP and Sena for coming polls, hadannounced last month that the project would be shifted.
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Reacting to Chavan's statement, Sena spokespersonManisha Kayande said her party will not allow Nanar project tobecome either Enron or `Adarsh', in an apparent reference tothe Adarsh housing scam in which Chavan had faced allegationsof corruption.
