Suryaa National Desk: Surya National & Legal Desk, Dehradun: The prestigious 'Global Investors Summit' held by the Uttarakhand Government in 2023 on the realities of investment in social... Surya National & Legal Desk, Dehradun: The Dehradun Police has registered an FIR against the Uttarakhand government for spreading false and baseless propaganda on social media about the investment facts of the prestigious 'Global Investors Summit' 2023. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi questioned these investment figures and criticized them on 'X' (Twitter) platform, the government has taken legal action against people who are spreading lies to damage the environment of industrial development. Cases under IT Act on complaint of Industries Department: A case was registered at Rajpur Police Station in Dehradun on an official complaint given by Additional Director, Industries Department, Uttarakhand, Mrityunjay Singh.
The complaint stated that the social media account holder 'and some others are working hard and spreading misinformation to denigrate the summit organized with the objective of state development and employment generation and create mistrust among investors. With this, the police registered a case under Section 66-C and 66-D of the Information Technology Act and started investigation. Rahul Gandhi Allegations – Government Explanation: During the Summit Rs. When the government announced that it has signed deals worth 3.56 lakh crore, instead of actual investments, local flour mills and fertilizer shops were also included in the list, Rahul Gandhi criticized media reports.
But these allegations have been strongly denied by the Secretary of the State Industries Department, Vinay Shankar Pandey. He clarified that projects worth more than 1.01 lakh crore have been implemented at the field level. He mentioned that the complete information of investments is available to all people on government websites and the investments of local small traders also need to be respected in view of employment generation.