Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Eknath Shinde, while speaking at a campaign rally in the Guhagar constituency ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024, on Saturday claimed that industries had left the state under the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government owing to lack of support. However, he said the situation had been reversed under his administration.

“Maharashtra has regained its top position in the country and now accounts for 52 per cent of the total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow. Industries left the state because of the Maha Vikas Aghadi as they did not get support [from the government] but we are being blamed for it. You [the MVA] show what you did in two-and-a-half years. I am ready to give an account of industries that came to the state and the ones that are operational. Let people know the truth,” he added.