As Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi questioned investments in Uttarakhand following the Global Investors Summit organised in 2023; the Dehradun Police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a user of the social media platform X and others for allegedly spreading misinformation.
Singh stated in his complaint that the state government organised the Global Investors Summit 2023 to foster economic development, attract investments, and generate employment in Uttarakhand, and has been continuously working to promote an investor-friendly environment. Rajpur Police Station In-charge PD Bhatt said, “We have registered the FIR (on October 17), and an investigation into the matter is underway. He said that the Global Investors Summit was trumpeted with great fanfare, claiming that 1,779 MoUs were signed and that investment proposals worth ₹ 3.56 lakh crore were made. Nearly ₹ 100 crore of public money was spent on national and international roadshows before the state government declared that ₹ 1 lakh crore in investments had already grounded.
“The Dhami government’s claims of investment in Uttarakhand are a complete sham and yet another example of the BJP’s hollow ‘double engine’ model,” Gandhi said. On Sunday, Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi targeted the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led BJP government over the summit.
“To cover up these gaps, the state government altered the official definition of ‘investment’ on December 1, 2023, just seven days before the summit.
Citing a media report, Gandhi alleged that the Dhami government inflated its investment figures by misrepresenting local flour mills, fertiliser shops, and neighbourhood clinics as major “investors”, often without the owners’ knowledge. Change the rules first, fabricate the numbers later,” Gandhi said.
