The party-member of the ruling coalition in India opposes Jaitapur nuclear power plant

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 13.01.2015

The Shiv Sena party, a member of the ruling coalition in India, still opposes the construction of NPP Jaitapur with the French EPR reactors.

"Our position is that "Shiv Sena" will continue to support local residents in Jaitapur opposing station. If the locals are against, then why should we go against the will of the population? Finally, we are working for the good of the people," the prominent representative of the party Subhash Desai told journalists.

Desai, apart from the party post, also holds the post of minister of industry of the state of Maharashtra, where Jaitapur is situated.

The Shiv Sena is the far-right nationalist party, formed in the mid 60s in Bombay. Nowadays it serves as the junior partner of the nationalist Bharatiya Janata party.

In the lower house of the Indian Parliament, Shiv Sena has just 18 seats out of 543. However, in the legislative assembly (the local Parliament) of the state of Maharashtra the party has 63 of 288 seats, and its support is required to Bharatiya Janata party for control of this important state.

Topics: Asia, India

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