New Delhi : Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on semiconductors in his Independence Day speech by calling him a pathological liar. Jairam Ramesh made the remarks in a post on X while responding to PM Modi’s Independence Day speech from the Red Fort. The Prime Minister said that while the idea of setting up semiconductor manufacturing plants was discussed 50-60 years ago, it never materialised, claiming that early efforts to establish a semiconductor factory were stopped before they could take shape.
Modi said the country has now freed itself from the burden of the past and is moving forward in the area of semiconductors in a mission mode. I am not at the Red Fort to criticise any government; I do not want to do it. But the youth of the country should know about it. File work on semiconductors began 50-60 years ago in our country. The idea of semiconductor factory came forth 50-60 years ago. You would be surprised to know that the idea of semiconductor was killed in the womb 50-60 years ago.
PM Modi announced that India is set to launch its own semiconductor chips by the end of 2025. He said the country is now working in “mission mode” to advance semiconductor manufacturing. We are working on semiconductors on Mission Mode…By the end of this year, Made in India semiconductor chips, made by the people in India, will hit the market,” he said in his speech.
The Congress general secretary in charge of communications on Thursday had also accused the Modi government of showing bias against opposition-ruled states in the approval and allocation of semiconductor manufacturing projects. Jairam Ramesh, said that while the Centre has approved four semiconductor projects, several proposals linked to non-BJP states were either redirected or approved conditionally.
Ramesh said that a major private company’s application for a project in Telangana was approved only on the condition that it be relocated to Andhra Pradesh. He further alleged that two other proposed projects were moved from Telangana to Gujarat and another factory initially planned for Tamil Nadu received clearance only after agreeing to shift to Gujarat.
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