<p>Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Friday claimed that the deal to set up the Tata-Airbus C-295 transport aircraft project in Gujarat had been signed by the Centre in September last year when the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was in power in the state.</p>.<p>The state Industries Minister also slammed the opposition for creating "confusion" over the project.</p>.<p>Samant said the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up the aircraft unit in Gujarat was signed by the Centre in September 2021.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/airbus-c295-for-indian-air-force-to-be-manufactured-in-vadodara-1157073.html">Airbus C295 for Indian Air Force to be manufactured in Vadodara</a></strong></p>.<p>"Be it the Vedanta-Foxconn project or the Tata-Airbus project, the decision about where to set up these projects was taken before this (Eknath Shinde-led) government came to power in the state late June this year. The opposition is doing nothing except to criticise and create confusion among people," Samant said.</p>.<p>"The central government had signed an MoU on September 2021 and the company had decided to take the project to Gujarat," he added.</p>.<p>The defence ministry on Thursday said a consortium of Airbus and the Tata group will manufacture C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Vadodara in Gujarat. Under this project worth Rs 22,000 crore, a military plane will be produced in India for the first time by a private company.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday lay the foundation stone for the manufacturing facility of the European defence major and the Indian conglomerate, in what is being billed as a major boost to the domestic aerospace sector.</p>.<p>Following the announcement, the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray and Congress criticised the Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, questioning how the project slipped out of the hands of Maharashtra. Samant said he had said in a past interview that the state government would try to get the project in the state.</p>.<p>"But I have not found any letter (by the MVA government) pertaining to the project after the MoU was signed," he said.</p>.<p>Samant said after the multi-billion dollar Vedanta-Foxconn project was shifted to Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured a bigger project to the state.</p>.<p>"We are confident that a bigger project will be brought to the state in five-six months," he said.</p>.<p>Last month, a blame game erupted following the announcement that a joint venture semiconductor project of the Indian conglomerate Vedanta and Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn, proposed to be set up near Pune city earlier, would come up in Gujarat.</p>.<p>The Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress, all constituents of the MVA, have sought to corner the Shinde-BJP government over the Rs 1.54 lakh crore plant going to the neighbouring state.</p>
<p>Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Friday claimed that the deal to set up the Tata-Airbus C-295 transport aircraft project in Gujarat had been signed by the Centre in September last year when the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was in power in the state.</p>.<p>The state Industries Minister also slammed the opposition for creating "confusion" over the project.</p>.<p>Samant said the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up the aircraft unit in Gujarat was signed by the Centre in September 2021.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/airbus-c295-for-indian-air-force-to-be-manufactured-in-vadodara-1157073.html">Airbus C295 for Indian Air Force to be manufactured in Vadodara</a></strong></p>.<p>"Be it the Vedanta-Foxconn project or the Tata-Airbus project, the decision about where to set up these projects was taken before this (Eknath Shinde-led) government came to power in the state late June this year. The opposition is doing nothing except to criticise and create confusion among people," Samant said.</p>.<p>"The central government had signed an MoU on September 2021 and the company had decided to take the project to Gujarat," he added.</p>.<p>The defence ministry on Thursday said a consortium of Airbus and the Tata group will manufacture C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Vadodara in Gujarat. Under this project worth Rs 22,000 crore, a military plane will be produced in India for the first time by a private company.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday lay the foundation stone for the manufacturing facility of the European defence major and the Indian conglomerate, in what is being billed as a major boost to the domestic aerospace sector.</p>.<p>Following the announcement, the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray and Congress criticised the Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, questioning how the project slipped out of the hands of Maharashtra. Samant said he had said in a past interview that the state government would try to get the project in the state.</p>.<p>"But I have not found any letter (by the MVA government) pertaining to the project after the MoU was signed," he said.</p>.<p>Samant said after the multi-billion dollar Vedanta-Foxconn project was shifted to Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured a bigger project to the state.</p>.<p>"We are confident that a bigger project will be brought to the state in five-six months," he said.</p>.<p>Last month, a blame game erupted following the announcement that a joint venture semiconductor project of the Indian conglomerate Vedanta and Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn, proposed to be set up near Pune city earlier, would come up in Gujarat.</p>.<p>The Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress, all constituents of the MVA, have sought to corner the Shinde-BJP government over the Rs 1.54 lakh crore plant going to the neighbouring state.</p>