Jaipur, Nov 12 (PTI) Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday targeted the BJP government over the delay in setting up petrochemical industries in the petro zone of the Pachpadra refinery in Barmer, alleging the state was losing employment opportunities for its youth.
Petrochemical-based industries have not yet been established in the petro zone despite the setting up of the refinery, the Congress leader noted.
He said the former Congress government had decided to establish the refinery at Pachpadra in cooperation with the then UPA government at the Centre and had also allotted land for the petro zone.
Gehlot alleged that the BJP government had failed to make serious efforts to attract petrochemical industries to the area over the past three years.
“The refinery project was almost complete during the Congress government’s tenure, and the present government only needed to create a suitable industrial environment to attract new industries and generate direct and indirect employment for the state’s youth,” he said.
The former chief minister claimed that despite the refinery being located in Rajasthan, its raw materials would be sent to other states for processing.
He said this would benefit industries in other states and create jobs there, while Rajasthan’s youth would be deprived of employment opportunities.
Gehlot questioned the BJP government over its failure to ensure that the state benefited from the refinery project.
“Who is getting the employment opportunities that rightfully belong to Rajasthan?” he asked. PTI SDA DV
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