BJP Slams Gandhis After NGT Clears Great Nicobar Project: 'Victory of Truth'

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Moneycontrol•18-02-2026, 07:36
BJP Slams Gandhis After NGT Clears Great Nicobar Project: 'Victory of Truth'
- •BJP criticizes Sonia and Rahul Gandhi after NGT declines to interfere with the Rs 81,000-crore Great Nicobar mega infrastructure project's environmental clearance.
- •Union Minister G Kishan Reddy accused the Gandhis of attempting to derail the strategically important project, calling the NGT ruling a "victory of truth."
- •The project includes an international transshipment terminal, a dual-use airport, a township, and a power plant, leveraging the island's proximity to the Malacca Strait.
- •Sonia Gandhi had previously criticized the project as an "ecological disaster" and a "grave misadventure," citing concerns over tribal rights and environmental impact.
- •NGT's six-member bench found no "good ground" to interfere, noting "adequate safeguards" and the project's "strategic importance," relying on a high-powered committee's findings.
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