PM Modi launches big-ticket projects in TN, Kerala; takes a dig at Congress

Business Standard PM Modi launches big-ticket projects in TN, Kerala; takes a dig at Congress

Hits out at Oppn for falsely 'implicating' former Isro scientist

Election News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed the Congress-led UDF for implicating former Isro scientist Nambi Narayanan in an espionage case, saying they did so “as some party leaders wanted to settle political scores”.

“A few years ago, a hard working and patriotic Isro scientist Nambi Narayanan was implicated in a false case just because a few UDF leaders wanted to settle political scores,” Modi, who was in Tamil Nadu and Kerala to announce a series of projects on Sunday, said in Thrissur.

During his visit to the two states, the Prime Minister inaugurated an integrated refinery expansion complex of Bharat Petroleum Corporation at the Kochi Refinery and unveiled a foundation plaque for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai.

Speaking at the Kochi refinery, Modi said the NDA government had taken “decisive steps” to bring down crude oil import by 10 per cent and save precious foreign exchange for the country.

Eleven oil PSUs have adopted the modern ‘lignocellulosic’ route for establishing twelve 2G ethnol plants in 11 states. “To cut down on import of crude oil, government has taken decisive steps towards reducing imports by 10 per cent and saving precious foreign exchange,” Modi said, adding that six MoUs have been signed in this direction...Read M0re